In a recent post on The Hill Blog, an attorney for the Brennan Center for Justice posits that money in politics has everything to do with incumbency."One of the reasons incumbents win is they are able to ask the people who appear before their legislative committees for campaign contributions. In many states, officeholders can ask for such contributions directly before key legislative votes.Money in politics and high incumbency are in fact two sides of the same coin."To read the entire post, click here.