Might women now have the edge? Open-seat house primaries

Women and Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1-26

  Bernstein, Robert A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26644435810     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v17n02_01     Document Type: Article

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