Where Do Women Win Primaries?: Candidate Gender, District Identity, and Congressional Nomination

• In Event: The Gendered Politics of Supply and Demand

Brief Overview

We test where women are running in and winning primary elections, showing that Democratic women are less likely to win the nomination in highly competitive districts whereas Republican women are unlikely to run or win in safe districts.

Authors

• Meredith Conroy, California State University-San Bernardino

• Mike Cowburn, European University Viadrina Frankfurt