This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …

We examine the impact of a candidate's gender on electoral success in the primary and general elections, while …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …