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Ambition, Gender, and the Judiciary

Goucher College, Baltimore, williams{at}goucher.edu

With the work of scholars like Fox and Lawless (2004) and Sanbonmatsu (2002), the discipline of political science began to understand individual-level explanations for women's representation in state legislatures. Such analysis, however, has not been extended to other branches of government, including state judiciaries. To examine individual-level explanations for representation on state courts, this article examines the results of a survey of Texas attorneys. The results of this research suggest that running for the judiciary is somewhat different from running for other office, and future research needs to explore the variation in ambition across types of offices.

Key Words: gender • judges • ambition

This version was published on March 1, 2008

Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 1, 68-78 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907304497


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