Moving Up: Assessing House Member Success in U.S. Senate Elections

Brett W. Curry

Moving Up: Assessing House Member Success in U.S. Senate Elections

Political Science & International Studies

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Abstract

 Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
 
 Motivated by a desire to identify those factors  influencing the success of House members running in senatorial  elections, this paper analyzes data on 174 members of the U.S.  House who ran for the Senate between 1944 and 2000.  Demonstrating that House members are only slightly more  likely to win than lose senatorial elections, the paper also  reports evidence that variables such as state size, region, and  post-census elections significantly impact one’s probability of  election. 

Original language	American English
State	Published - Apr 18 2004
Event	Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association - Chicago, IL Duration: Jan 1 2011 → …

Conference

Conference	Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
Period	01/1/11 → …

DC Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Political Science
American Politics

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