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BOOK

2009. Republican Ascendancy in Southern U.S. House Elections. Boulder, CO: Westview Press (Transforming American Politics Series) Book Description

ARTICLES

Forthcoming. “What Made Carolina Blue? In-migration and the 2008 North Carolina Presidential Vote,” with M. V. Hood III, in American Politics Research.

Forthcoming. “Stranger Danger: Redistricting, Incumbent Recognition, and Vote Choice,” with M. V. Hood III, in Social Science Quarterly.

2009. “The Participatory Effects of Redistricting,” with Danny Hayes, in the American Journal of Political Science 53(4): 1006-1023.

2009. “Trying to Thread the Needle: The Effects of Redistricting in a Georgia Congressional District,” with M. V. Hood III, in PS: Political Science & Politics 42(4): 679-687.

2009. “Dixie’s Kingmakers: Stability and Change in Southern Presidential Primary Electorates,” with Danny Hayes, in Presidential Studies Quarterly 39(2): 400-417.

2009. “Campaign Strategies and Campaign Effects in the Sunshine State,” with Eunjung Choi, in the Florida Political Chronicle 19(Winter): 1-19.

2008. “Redistricting and Familiarity with U.S. House Candidates.” American Politics Research 36(6): 962-979.

2008. “Closeness, Expenditures, and Turnout in the 2000 Presidential Election.” Journal of Political Marketing 7(1): 69-91.

2008. “The Effects of Redistricting on Voting Behavior in Incumbent U.S. House Elections, 1992-1994.” Political Research Quarterly 61(1): 122-133.

2008. “Gerrymandering on Georgia’s Mind: The Effects of Redistricting on Vote Choice in the 2006 Midterm Election,” with M. V. Hood III, in Social Science Quarterly 89(1): 60-77.

2008. “Rural Voters and the Polarization of American Presidential Elections.” PS: Political Science & Politics 41(1): 101-108.

2008. “Toward A One-Party South?,” with Danny Hayes, in American Politics Research 36(1): 3-32.

2007. “Rural Voters in Presidential Elections, 1992-2004.” The Forum 5(2), Article 2.

2006. “Cracking Back: The Effectiveness of Partisan Redistricting in the Texas House of Representatives,” with Brian K. Arbour, in American Review of Politics 26(Winter): 385-403.

2006. “The Partisan Impact of Congressional Redistricting: The Case of Texas, 2001-2003,” with Jeremy M. Teigen and Mathieu Turgeon, in Social Science Quarterly 87(2): 308-317.

2005. “The Electoral College, Mobilization, and Turnout in the 2000 Presidential Election,” with David Hill, in American Politics Research 33(5): 700-725.

2004. “Booting Barnes: Explaining the Historic Upset in the 2002 Georgia Gubernatorial Election,” with Danny Hayes, in Politics & Policy 32(4): 708-739.

2004. “Review Essay: The Impact of Congressional Redistricting in the 1990s on Minority Representation, Party Competition, and Legislative Responsiveness.” Journal of Political Science 32: 1-46.

2003. “Suburban Voting in Presidential Elections,” with Daron R. Shaw, in Presidential Studies Quarterly 33(1): 125-144.

2002. “Majority Black Districts, Republican Ascendancy, and Party Competition in the South, 1988-2000.” American Review of Politics 23(Summer): 123-139.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Forthcoming. “The Transformation of Southern Presidential Primaries,” with Danny Hayes, in The 2008 Presidential Election in the South: Presidential Election Politics in Context, eds. Branwell D. Kapeluck, Laurence W. Moreland, and Robert P. Steed. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

2008. “Examining the Progress of Women and Minorities in the Tar Heel State,” in New Voices in the Old South: How Women and Minorities Influence Southern Politics, eds. Todd G. Shields and Shannon G. Davis. Tallahassee: Florida Institute of Government.

2005. “Redistricting in Texas: Institutionalizing Republican Ascendancy,” with Daron R. Shaw, in Redistricting in the New Millennium, ed. Peter F. Galderisi. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.