Campaign Endorsements and Election Outcomes in State Supreme Court Races

• In Event: Media, Information, and the Courts

Brief Overview

Despite the impact that state supreme courts have on important policy issues, state supreme court races are considered low-information elections. Our paper seeks to understand how campaign endorsements impact outcomes in state supreme court races.

Authors

• Hayley Munir, Illinois State University

• Marcy Shieh, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• Michael Anthony Catalano, Binghamton University

• Nathan Henceroth, Albright College