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• The Best Defense: Will Campaign Contributions Protect the Industry?, by Nancy Watzman and Sheila Krumholz (illustrated HTML at opensecrets.org)
• The Left's Latin American Lobby (Washington: Heritage Foundation, 1984), by Joan Frawley Desmond
  • PDF and HTML at heritage.org
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• By Invitation Only: The Rise of Exclusive Politics in the United States (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000), by Steven E. Schier (page images at Pitt)

• Cashing In: A Guide to Money, Votes, and Public Policy in the 104th Congress, by Nancy Watzman, James Youngclaus, and Jennifer Shecter (HTML at opensecrets.org)

• Epistles From Pap: Letters From the Man Known as "The Will Rogers of Indiana", by Andrew Everett Durham, ed. by J. Frank Durham and Douglas Hay (Gutenberg text)

• Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress, and a Plan to Stop It (New York and Boston: Twelve, c2011), by Lawrence Lessig (PDF at lessig.org)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Investigation of Korean-American Relations: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fifth Congress (in 7 parts; Washington: GPO, 1977-1978), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)

• Practical Agitation (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900), by John Jay Chapman (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Conservative Debate Handbook (electronic edition, updated 2017; with additional writings), by William Flax (HTML at truthbasedlogic.com)

• Illegal Corporate Behavior (Washington: National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, c1979), by Marshall B. Clinard, Peter C. Yeager, Jeanne Brissette, David Petrashek, and Elizabeth Harries
  • partial serial archives
  • PDF with commentary at ojp.gov

• The America That Silenced McCarthy Can Crush Goldwaterism! (ca. 1964), by Communist Party of the United States of America (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Speech of Hon. Horatio Seymour, Before the Democratic Union State Convention, at Albany, September 10th, 1862, on Receiving the Nomination for Governor; Also, His Speech Delivered at the Albany Convention, Jan. 31st, 1861 (New York: Van Evrie, Horton and co., 1862), by Horatio Seymour
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Summary of the Proceedings of a Convention of Republican Delegates, From the Several States in the Union, For the Purpose of Nominating a Candidate For the Office of Vice-President of The United States: Held at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, May 1832; With an Address (Albany, NY: Printed by Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1832), by Democratic National Convention (page images at HathiTrust)
• The 1940 Elections: How the People Can Win (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1939), by Earl Browder (PDF at flvc.org)
• Address of the Macedon Convention, by William Goodell; and Letters of Gerrit Smith (Albany: S. W. Green, 1847), by William Goodell and Gerrit Smith
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Little Statesman: A Middle-of-the-Road Manual for American Voters (Chicago: Schulte Pub. Co., c1895), by Francis J. Schulte
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Proceedings of the National Democratic Convention, Held in the City of Baltimore, on the 5th of May, 1840: Embracing Resolutions, Expressive of the Sentiments of the Democratic Party of the Union; and an Address, in Support of the Principles and Measures of the Present National Administration (Baltimore, MD: Printed at the office of the Republican, 1840), by Democratic National Convention (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Address to the People of the United States on the Subject of the Presidential Election, With a Special Reference to the Nomination of Andrew Jackson, Containing Sketches of His Public and Private Character (copyright registered to Colwell; 1828), contrib. by Joseph Colwell
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Biographical Sketches of Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Democratic Nominee for President, and General Joseph Lane, Democratic Nominee for Vice President (1860), by National Democratic Executive Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Letter From Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States (New York: Printed for J. Lang by G. F. Hopkins, 1800), by Alexander Hamilton (HTML at Michigan)

• States United: A Survival Guide for Our Democracy (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c2022), by Joanna Lydgate, Norman L. Eisen, and Christine Todd Whitman (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)
• By Popular Demand: Revitalizing Representative Democracy Through Deliberative Elections (Berkeley: University of California Press, c2000), by John Gastil (frame-dependent HTML with commentary at UC Press)
• The Challenge of Obtaining Voter Identification (New York: Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, 2012), by Keesha Gaskins and Sundeep Iyer (PDF with commentary at brennancenter.org)
• Cheap Seats: the Democratic Party's Advantage in U.S. House Elections (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1996), by James E. Campbell (PDF at Ohio State)
• Elections: Issues Related to State Voter Identification Laws (2014), by United States Government Accountability Office (PDF and text with commentary at gao.gov)
• Counting Electoral Votes: Proceedings and Debates of Congress Relating to Counting the Electoral Votes for President and Vice-President of the United States (Washington: GPO, 1877), by United States Congress, ed. by William M. Springer and George Willard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Direct Elections and Law-Making by Popular Vote: The Initiative, the Referendum, the Recall, Commission Government for Cities, Preferential Voting (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912), by Edwin M. Bacon and Morrill Wyman (multiple formats at archive.org)
• USA Elections in Brief (multiple language editions), contrib. by Guy Olson (PDF files at america.gov)
• Women as Candidates in American Politics (first edition (possibly mislabeled as second); Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1985), by Susan J. Carroll (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)
• Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century (c2004), by Bev Harris (PDF files with commnetary at blackboxvoting.org)
• Acceptance Speeches: William Z. Foster, Candidate for President, and Benjamin Gitlow, Candidate for Vice-President of the Workers (Communist) Party (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1928), by William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Proportional Representation, by Charles Rollin Buckalew (page images at MOA)
• Speech of Mr. Prentiss, on the Mississippi Contested Election, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, January 17, 1838 (Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1838), by S. S. Prentiss
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• What Role Does and What Role Should the Media Play in Choosing Our Candidates For National Office? Student Excerpts from the 1993-1994 Harry Singer Foundation National Essay Contest, ed. by Margaret Bohannon-Kaplan (Javascript-dependent HTML at Scribd)

• The Permanent Campaign and Its Future (2000), ed. by Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann (PDF with commentary at AEI)
• Tracks on the Trail: Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2023), by Dana Gorzelany-Mostak (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)
• Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018), by Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, and Hal Roberts (PDF (mouse over "open access" link to reveal) with commentary at OUP)
• By Invitation Only: The Rise of Exclusive Politics in the United States (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000), by Steven E. Schier (page images at Pitt)
• What Role Does and What Role Should the Media Play in Choosing Our Candidates For National Office? Student Excerpts from the 1993-1994 Harry Singer Foundation National Essay Contest, ed. by Margaret Bohannon-Kaplan (Javascript-dependent HTML at Scribd)
• Issues '96: The Candidate's Briefing Book (archived; PDF links might not work), by Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.), ed. by Stuart M. Butler and Kim R. Holmes (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Campaign Finance: An Illustrated Guide (Washington: AEI Press, 1997), by Norman J. Ornstein, contrib. by Jeremy C. Pope (PDF with commentary at aei.org)
• Plugging in the Public: A Model for Campaign Finance Disclosure (1996), by Elizabeth Hedlund and Lisa Rosenberg (HTML at archive.org)
• The New Politics of Judicial Elections, 2000-2009: Decade of Change (Washington: Justice at Stake Campaign, et al, 2010), by James Sample, Adam Skaggs, Jonathan Blitzer, and Linda Casey, ed. by Charles Hall (PDF with commentary at brennancenter.org)
• A Bag of Tricks: Loopholes in the Campaign Finance System, by Lisa Rosenberg (HTML at opensecrets.org)
• Cashing In: A Guide to Money, Votes, and Public Policy in the 104th Congress, by Nancy Watzman, James Youngclaus, and Jennifer Shecter (HTML at opensecrets.org)
• Speaking Freely: Former Members of Congress Talk About Money in Politics, by Martin Schram (HTML at opensecrets.org)
• The Wealth Primary: Campaign Fundraising and the Constitution, by Jamin B. Raskin and John Bonifaz (HTML at opensecrets.org)
• The Best Defense: Will Campaign Contributions Protect the Industry?, by Nancy Watzman and Sheila Krumholz (illustrated HTML at opensecrets.org)
• The Final Report of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, United States Senate: Pursuant to S. Res. 60, February 7, 1973, a Resolution to Establish a Select Committee of the Senate to Investigate and Study Illegal or Improper Campaign Activities in the Presidential Election of 1972 (Washington: GPO, 1974), by United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972, Senate Resolution 60: Watergate and Related Activities (26 volumes, plus index and appendix volumes; Washington: GPO, 1973-1974), by United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress, and a Plan to Stop It (New York and Boston: Twelve, c2011), by Lawrence Lessig (PDF at lessig.org)
• Failure of the Public Trust, by John H. Clarke, Patrick J. Knowlton, and Hugh Turley (PDF and partial HTML with commentary at fbicover-up.com)
• The Shame of The Cities (New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1904), by Lincoln Steffens (multiple formats at archive.org)

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