There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but this is ridiculous: women candidates and fundraising for congressional office

• In Event: Money in Legislative Elections

Brief Overview

Combining Bonica’s DIME data with original racial, ethnic, and gender data, we use Congressional primaries from 1980 to 2014 to examine these questions.

Authors

• Carrie Skulley, Sewanee: The University of the South

• Bertha G Vitela, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

• Andrea Silva, University of North Texas