We are honored to announce the recipients of ABFM’s 2026 Best Book Award: Zachary Mohr, Martha E. Kropf, Mary Jo McGowan, and JoEllen V. Pope, for their publication, A Republic If You Can Afford It: How Much Does It Cost to Administer Elections (Cambridge University Press, 2024).
This book provides an in-depth review of the understudied area of election costs. Reviewing 48 of the 50 states in the U.S., the authors provide “an important, innovative, and exceptionally timely contribution to the study of public budgeting and election administration.”
This book is available online through the publisher at https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/republic-if-you-can-afford-it/CE8A01003AA98C51937031E4C1DC413E.
The authors will be recognized as the latest recipients of ABFM’s Best Book Award during the Awards Luncheon at ABFM’s 2026 Annual Conference on Friday, September 25th, in Washington, DC. Click here for more information on the conference.