The importance of race and ethnicity in congressional primary elections

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-473

  Branton, Regina P ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American candidates; Latino candidates; Primary competition; Primary elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249144364     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908319606     Document Type: Article

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