“In a good-government sense, voters should know as much as possible about all the candidates, including their finances,” Gaines said. “But in a strictly Machiavellian read on it, is it a risky thing in such an open field? Yes, because it still could come down to two or three serious candidates, and if you’re the one who isn’t disclosing much information, the others may draw voters’ attention to it in a big way and say, ‘You just can’t trust this guy.’”