SECTION I: POLITICAL IMPACTS OF TERM LIMITS Electoral Competition and Incumbency Advantages Funding Campaigns in a Term Limited House The Interest Group Connection: Money, Expertise and Support SECTION II: TERM-LIMITED REPRESENTATIVES: WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING Who They Are: Personal Characteristics of Term Limited Representatives Legislative Careers Under Term Limits: Motives and Aspirations Home Style Under Term Limits: Responsiveness to Constituents SECTION III: TERM LIMITS AND THE MICHIGAN HOUSE AS AN INSTITUTION How Term-Limited Representatives Make Up Their Minds Winning Friends and Influencing People in a Term Limited House Conflict, Compromise and Partisanship: Committees Under Term Limits Checks and Balances: Relationships Within Government Under Term Limits Conclusions The New Term-Limited Age: Aquarius or Armageddon