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Lappie, John and Marschall, Melissa. “Place and Participation in Local Elections.”

Lappie, John and Marschall, Melissa. “Turnout and Contestation in Local Elections: Is Timing Really Everything?”

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications.

Lappie, John (2017). The State  of Local Democracy in Houston and Harris County. Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University, Houston, TX. Forthcoming.

Marschall, Melissa; Lappie, John; and Williams, R. Lucas (2017). Who Runs for Mayor in America? Center for Local Elections in American Politics. Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University, Houston, TX. Link

Marschall, Melissa and John Lappie (2016). Mayoral Elections in California, 1995-2014. Center for Local Elections in American Politics. Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University, Houston, TX.  Link

Marschall, Melissa and John Lappie (2016). Mayoral Elections in Kentucky. Center for Local Elections in American Politics. Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University, Houston, TX. Link

Marschall, Melissa and John Lappie (2016). Mayoral Elections in Indiana. Center for Local Elections in American Politics. Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University, Houston, TX. Link

Marschall, Melissa and John Lappie (2016, March 28). “Here’s how to rescue local elections from obscurity with one simple change.” [Editorial] Los Angeles Times. Link

Marschall, Melissa and John Lappie (2016). “Uncontested races pose accountability issues.” [Editorial] Louisville Courier-Journal. Link 

Marschall, Melissa and John Lappie (2016, September 10). “Is Indiana the reddest Midwest state?” [Editorial] Indianapolis Business Journal. Link

Working Papers

Lappie, John.  “Education, Campaigns, and Preference-Congruent Voting in Elections without Party Labels.” Manuscript

Lappie, John. “Basis of Party Identification and Voter Behavior in the Presence of Cross-Pressure.” Manuscript

Lappie, John and Clark, Christopher. “Race and Voter Behavior in Judicial Elections.”

Lappie, John; Marschall, Melissa; and Williams, R. Lucas. “Takes Two to Tango: Local Candidates and the HEalth of American Democracy.”

Lappie, John; Marschall, Melissa; Williams, R. Lucas; Atsusaka, Yuki. “Trajectories of African American Candidates in Local Politics: Running and Winning Elections in the South.”

Lappie, John; Marschall, Melissa; Mayes, Carly; Wiliams, R. Lucas; Krishna, Avesh; Huang, Jessica. “Gender and Candidacy in Local Elections.”

Lappie, John; Lamb, Matthew; Stein, Robert. “The Budgetary Constraints of Voters and its Impact on Ballot Completion.”