McCain Fine Gold - I'll Make You Richer and You Make Me Richer

Post-election fundraising is challenging for any candidate, but victorious ones usually find the process much easier. From 2003 to 2018, 49.5% of winning campaigns successfully repaid candidates' personal loans while only 15.6% of losing campaigns did so and almost exclusively through pre-election contributions. In discarding the statute, the court fuels non-public serving, self-interested governance," writes Julian Zelizer.