Dr. Brian J. Stults conducted the statistical analyses underlying this report. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology, and is currently a professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. He has published extensively using U.S. Census data on topics including residential segregation, exposure to neighborhood crime, and language retention among third generation immigrants.

Eric Ehst, executive director at the Arizona Clean Elections Institute, provided invaluable advice for this analysis. The Institute’s report, “Reclaiming Democracy in Arizona: How Clean Elections has expanded the universe of campaign contributors,” which analyzed the 1998 and 2002 gubernatorial races, provided a model for this new report.

Thanks to the staff of Public Campaign and Public Campaign Action Fund for their support and for reviewing this report and providing invaluable suggestions: Nick Nyhart, president and CEO; Susan Anderson, Rick Bielke, David Donnelly, William Ewing, Jeannette Galanis, Gail Gomez, Solange Hansen, Avi Klein, David Miller, John Papagiannis, Monica Rober, Adam Smith, Katie Schlieper, and Tony Vila.