From the primary to the general election. A comparative analysis of candidate media coverage in mixed-gender 2000 races for Governor and U.S. Senate

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 658-676

  Banwart, Mary Christine ^a   Bystrom, Dianne G ^b   Robertson, Terry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 27144457631     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764202238491     Document Type: Article

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