]> http://www.publicampaign.org/pressroom/supported_by_voters Comments for "Clean Elections- Supported by Voters" en http://www.publicampaign.org/pressroom/supported_by_voters <p>Clean Elections reform is a proven, practical reform. To date, seven states and two municipalities have passed Clean Elections laws. In the three states where the law has been implemented, the system has been met with great success. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Candidates who participate in Clean Elections are supported by voters. In the Maine legislature, 83 percent of the state Senate and 84 percent of the state House is made up of legislators that ran as Clean Elections candidates. In Arizona, 9 out of 11 statewide offices are held by Clean Elections candidates, including Governor Janet Napolitano. In addition, 30 percent of the Arizona state Senate and 48 percent of the state House were elected using public financing. North Carolina implemented Clean Elections for judicial races for the first time in 2004. In 2006, three of the four seats up for election on the seven-member Supreme Court and both of the seats filled on the 15-member Court of Appeals will be held by judges who ran with public funding. </p> Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:05:57 -0500