Released in September of 2008, the study, "A NEW KIND OF POLITICS: Citizens' Election Program opening politics to Connecticut's citizens," features interviews with candidates.

Interviewees come from all political leanings who are running for office during the implementation year of Connecticut's Citizen's Elections Program.

From the study:

"The Citizens' Election Program has the potential to radically change the way politics is run in Connecticut. From interviews Connecticut Common Cause has conducted with 11 candidates, it is clear that the program has provided the opportunity to run for office to people who had neither the money nor the connections to fund a competitive campaign. In short, Connecticut's new public financing for campaigns program not has only removed the deleterious effects of special interest political contributions but opened up state politics to an entirely new class of people: Citizens."