The Impact of Term Limits on the Candidacy Decisions of State Legislators in U. S. House Elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7329454 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard J Powell, Richard Powell (0000-0002-4290-9015, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 645-645 |
| Publication date | 2000-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/440438 |
| OpenAlex | W2090674517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 28 |
This study investigates the hypothesis that term limits at the state level increase electoral competition for seats in the U.S. House. With a greater number of ambitious state legislators being unwillingly turned out of office, we can expect that those individuals interested in legislative careers will increasingly turn their attention to Congress. In order to assess whether or not state legislators are more likely to run for Congress in states with legislative term limits, I specified and tested logistic regression models. The models were derived from our prior knowledge of the behavior of strategic politicians and included control variables for theoretically important nationaland district-level factors
Candidacy · House of Representatives · Legislature · Physics · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Term (time · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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Explaining Challenger Quality in Congressional Elections
Preempting Quality Challengers in House Elections
Equilibrium Projections of the Consequences of Term Limits Upon Expected Tenure, Institutional Turnover, and Membership Experience
Congressional Elections
The Timing of Strategic Decisions
Legislative Professionalization and Membership Diversity in State Legislatures
The Effects of Term Limits on State Legislatures
Salvation for the Spendthrift Incumbent
Risk and Progressive Candidacies
State Legislators in Congress
Explaining Senate Election Outcomes
Coattail Voting in Recent Presidential Elections
Presidential Popularity and Negative Voting
Strategic Politicians and Unresponsive Voters
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,22 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2024 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |