Program Chairs / Program Chairs

Legislative Campaigns & Elections / Legislative Campaigns & Elections

Changing the Dialogue: The Role of Candidate Characteristics in Shaping Political Discussion - Rachel Porter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sarah A. Treul, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Does Distancing Work? Experimental and Observational Evidence on the Effects of Campaign Messaging - John Henderson, Yale University

Legislators, Local Roots, and Communication Styles in the U.S. House - Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University

When Women Run: Explaining the record number of women for state legislative office - Jennifer Hayes Clark, University of Houston; Gathoni Kimondo, University of Houston

How Can I Help? Experiments on the Demand for and Effect of Party Elite Endorsements - Albert Fang, Yale University; Patrick Tucker, Yale University

Danielle Thomsen, University of California, Irvine