Booting Barnes: Explaining the Historic Upset in the 2002 Georgia Gubernatorial Election

Politics and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 708-738

  Hayes, Danny ^a   McKee, Seth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34248054781     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2004.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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