Journal Articles and Other Published Work
“Comparing Leviathans: Agenda Influence in State Legislatures, 2011 to 2023” with Boris Shor
2024, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy
“Local Newspapers
and Ideological Accountability in US House Elections” with Brandice Canes-Wrone
2023. In Accountability Reconsidered: Voters, Interests, and Information in US Policymaking, Cambridge University Press
“Fighting for Majorities? Explaining the Development of Caucus Fundraising in American Legislatures”
2022, Journal of Politics
“Out of Step and Still in Congress? The Electoral Consequences of Incumbent and Challenger Positioning across Time” with Brandice Canes-Wrone
2022, Quarterly Journal of Political Science
Book Project
Paying for the Party: How Fundraising Demands Lead to Less Productive and Representative Legislatures (under review)
Chapters
- Fundraising in American Politics
- A Theory of Party Fundraising
- Party Fundraising in the States
- Who Gives? And Why?
- A Theory of Policymaking and Fundraising
- Fundraising Demands and Policy Productivity
- Fundraising Demands and Descriptive Representation
- The Future of Party Fundraising
Drafts of all chapters available on request.
Working Papers
“Responsive Rhetoric: Evidence from Congressional Redistricting” with Jaclyn Kaslovsky (invited to revise and resubmit at Legislative Studies Quarterly )
“Promoting Conspiracy Theories Strategically” with David Hilden (invited to revise and resubmit at the Quarterly Journal of Political Science)
“Ideological Bias in Legislator Contact? Evidence from Witness Slips in the Illinois General Assembly” with Michael Pomirchy
“Opening the Gates: Interest Group Influence on Partisan Agenda Control” with Boris Shor
“Immigration and Political Incorporation: Asian American Representation in State Legislatures” with Tanika Raychaudhuri