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Women Candidates and Judicial Elections: Telling an Untold Story

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2010

Traciel V. Reid
Traciel V. Reid
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North Carolina State University
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Although most states select their judges via merit selection or an appointive process, a number of states choose their trial and appellate judges on the basis of contested elections. Currently, approximately one-half of all state judges reach their state court benches by winning partisan or nonpartisan races. In the 21 states that elect their judges, women with judicial aspirations must be as competitive as men in these elections. Specifically, they must finance increasingly expensive judicial campaigns, garner widespread support from influential political elites, and, most importantly, convince voters that they are as capable as men. Do aspiring women judges experience similar barriers or challenges as women running for legislative or executive office?

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Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
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Politics & Gender , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 2010 , pp. 465 - 474
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2010

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