D. Leal 
Electing America’s Governors 
The Politics of Executive Elections

Please note this is a ‘Palgrave to Order’ title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book studies the election of American state governors, ‘an increasingly important group of political leaders’, and makes comparisons with Senate and presidential elections.

Table of Content

Introduction Election Outcomes: Campaign Expenditures and Candidate Quality Election Outcomes: State and National Economic and Social Conditions Voter Turnout: Competition, Candidates, and Conditions Candidate Quality Revisited Gubernatorial vs. Senate Election Dynamics: Progressive Ambition Gubernatorial vs. Senate Election Dynamics: Electoral Competition and Campaign Intensity Gubernatorial vs. Senate Election Dynamics: Third Party and Independent Campaigns Conclusions

About the author

David L. Leal is an Associate Professor of Government at The University of Texas at Austin. He received a Ph.D. and MA in Political Science from Harvard University and a BA in Political Science from Stanford University. In addition to state politics, his research interests include Latino politics – particularly Latino political behavior and public opinion – and public policy. He has published over thirty journal articles and book chapters on these topics. Dr. Leal was an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow from 1998-1999 and a National Academy of Education/Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellow from 2002-2004.