Pay to Play: Gender and Partisan Differences in Net Worth Between Congressional Candidates and Incumbents

• In Event: Congressional Politics

Brief Overview

This paper seeks to assess whether female congressional candidates have a higher personal net worth than male candidates. This paper will also examine whether Republican women who run for Congress have a higher net worth than Democrat women.

Authors

• Ann Patricia Kreuscher, California State University-Fresno

• Lisa A. Bryant, California State University-Fresno