Predicting Challengers in State Supreme Court Elections: Context and the Politics of Institutional Design

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-349

  Bonneau, Chris W ^a   Hall, Melinda Gann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344629302     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290305600308     Document Type: Review

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