Legislative Candidate Selection and Incumbent Renomination in Mexico

ABSTRACT Despite the abundant literature on consecutive reelection, few works examine how party leaders’ preferences over incumbent traits can affect the future positions of sitting legislators. This paper examines how consecutive reelection and strong party leader control over candidate selection c...

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Published inRevista de ciencia política (Santiago) Vol. 42; no. ahead; pp. 565 - 590
Main Author LANGSTON, JOY K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 01.12.2022
Subjects
POLITICAL SCIENCE
preferencias
reelection
preferences
legisladores
legislators
Mexico
México
líderes partidistas
reelección
party leaders
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Summary:ABSTRACT Despite the abundant literature on consecutive reelection, few works examine how party leaders’ preferences over incumbent traits can affect the future positions of sitting legislators. This paper examines how consecutive reelection and strong party leader control over candidate selection combine to promote certain types of politicians for renominations for reelection, while others are consigned to candidacies for lower posts or left out of the selection process. We use Mexico’s first experience with consecutive reelection since 1932 to better understand how incumbents’ interests and the demands of party leaders shape candidacy outcomes by examining whether the incumbents from the 2018-2021 term were able to win a renomination bid or were sent to a higher or lower post.
ISSN:0718-090X
0718-090X
DOI:10.4067/s0718-090x2022005000124