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The Importance of Race and Ethnicity in Congressional Primary Elections

Rice University, Houston, Texas, branton{at}rice.edu

Research regarding the electoral importance of race and ethnicity in congressional elections is limited by the overwhelming focus on general-election outcomes. This article seeks to extend this research by examining minority candidate emergence and electoral competition in U.S. House primary elections, using a new data set on all U.S. House contests between 1994 and 2004 that includes demographic information on all the candidates in the primary elections. The results indicate that district-level race and ethnicity are associated with minority candidate emergence; furthermore, the presence of minority candidates influences electoral competitiveness in primary elections.

Key Words: African American candidates • Latino candidates • primary elections • primary competition

This version was published on September 1, 2009

Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 3, 459-473 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908319606


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