Does the Party Matter? Endorsements in Congressional Primaries

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 534-544

  Dominguez, Casey B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

candidate emergence; congressional election; endorsement; party network; political party; primary election

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865447944     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: 1938274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912910376389     Document Type: Article

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