Kickham, KennethResendez, Daniel2020-05-262020-05-262013(AlmaMMSId)9979370985202196https://hdl.handle.net/11244/324762Political action committees have been the subject of controversial court cases and legislative reform. Judicial decisions and legislative reforms are the product of creating campaign finance aiming at the creation of a creating a competitive political environment. Today some of these rulings and reforms are considered troublesome and damaging to the political environment and they are the laws that gave birth to PACs. As it stands today, if a candidate receives support from a PAC and their opponent does not have PAC support, the candidate with PAC support tends to enjoy electoral success. This is examined through a case study focusing on Oklahoma elections.All rights reserved by the author, who has granted UCO Chambers Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its online repositories. Contact UCO Chambers Library's Digital Initiatives Working Group at diwg@uco.edu for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.Political action committeesPolitical action committeesAcademic thesesCampaignsElectionsPACsPolitical Action Committees(OCoLC)ocn857902671