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Monkey Business: The Effect of Scandals on Presidential Primary Nominations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2014

Brandon Rottinghaus*
Affiliation:
University of Houston

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Symposium: Political Scandal in American Politics
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2014 

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