Several states have adopted a new method to advance campaign finance reform and a public financing agenda -- blue-ribbon study commissions comprised of prominent individuals appointed by the legislatu

The chart below shows which economic sectors are contributing the most money to campaigns in the state. You can do more detailed searches at www.followthemoney.org.

In Georgia, contributions to Supreme Court candidates were not even recorded until 1994. Since then, campaign fundraising in judicial elections has been spiraling out of control.