On the coattails of a contract: RNC activities and republican gains in the 1994 state legislative elections

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 173-190

  Little, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0032398896     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591299805100108     Document Type: Article

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