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Run, Women, Run!

An Analysis of Women Candidate Emergence and Success in the States

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Run, Women, Run!

An Analysis of Women Candidate Emergence and Success in the States

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Run, Women, Run!: Term Limits and Women's Paths to Power in the States argues that term limits in the state legislatures are a powerful tool for increasing women's representation. By forcing incumbents, mostly men, out of office, term limits create more political opportunities for women. Drawing on data from all 50 U.S. states from 1990-2022, this long-term, comparative analysis of women's emergence, success rates, and state-level representation shows how term limits, in fact, help decrease barriers to entry and expand the number of women in politics. It also places women candidates in the broader debates around ambition, party politics, political culture, recruitment, and representation, showing that individual-level factors matter, but the institutional design of the legislature and state-level political environments matter, too. Run, Women, Run! combines a variety of rigorous, mixed-methods empirical analyses-from difference-in-differences to case studies-alongside accessible language, metaphors, and real-world examples, giving it broad appeal. This book is relevant to scholars, students, journalists, policymakers, and citizens concerned about descriptive representation, and provides actionable insights, offering a roadmap for how lessons learned from term limits can help increase women's representation in a broader context.

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: State of the States: How Term Limits Shape Women's Paths to Power
Chapter 2: Opening Doors? Term Limits and the Emergence of Women Candidates
Chapter 3: From Running To Winning: Term Limits and Women's Electoral Success
Chapter 4: Climbing Towards Parity: Women-Friendly States and Uneven Representation
Chapter 5: From Legislature to Governor: Term Limits and Women's Path to Executive Office
Chapter 6: The Climb Continues: Where Do We Go From Here?
References
Appendix
About the Author

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 13 May 2027
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 1
ISBN 9781978763913
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 12 figures; 16 tables
Series Women in American Political History
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Series Editor

David R. Davies

David R. Davies is Associate Professor of Journali…

Series Editor

Pam Parry

Pam Parry is Chairperson of the Department of Mass…

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