Judicial elections in the 21st century / edited by Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Judicial elections in the 21st Century / Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall -- The changing legal landscape of judicial elections / Charles Gardner Geyh and Katherine Thrapp -- Contestation and competitiveness in state Supreme Court elections, 1946-2015 : a state-level analysis / Herbert M. Kritzer -- Campaigning for the high court bench / Melinda Gann Hall and Matthew J. Zalewski -- Fundraising and spending in state Supreme Court elections / Chris W. Bonneau -- Judicial retention elections / Larry T. Aspin -- The latest trends in intermediate appellate court elections / Matthew J. Streb, Brian Frederick, Casey LaFrance, and Kimberly Rice -- Trial court campaign messaging in a post-white environment : an analysis of candidate websites in contested elections / Mark Jonathan McKenzie and Ryan J. Rebe -- Do judicial performance evaluations influence retention election results? / Rebecca D. Gill -- Measuring the impact of election outcomes on voting in state Supreme Courts / Lawrence Baum, Thomas R. Gray, and David E. Klein -- Judicial elections and support for state courts / Michael J. Nelson -- Elections and judicial diversity / Drew Noble Lanier and Mark S. Hurwitz -- Proposals for reforms : successes and failures / Chris W. Bonneau and Jenna Becker Kane -- Toward a more sophisticated understanding of contemporary judicial elections / Melinda Gann Hall and Chris W. Bonneau.