Election Experts Available: State Races

For journalists looking for expert sources to comment on specific state midterm election results, the following scholars are available for comment:

California

Jessica Louce Trounstine, University of California, Merced
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@trounstine
Expert on race and incumbency in local and state level elections. Can comment on California races.

Taeku Lee, University of California, Berkeley
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Expert on on how African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Whites voted in 60+ battleground congressional districts and six key states (Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Texas). Can comment on California races.

Florida

Heide CastaƱeda, University of South Florida
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@CastanedaHeide
Expert on immigration. Can comment on proposed changes to birthright citizenship, changes to public charge rule, and anything border-related, especially the deployment of active-duty military. Can comment on Florida elections.

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University College of Law
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@profciara
Expert on election law and Constitutional law. Can comment on money in politics, voting rights and elections both nationally and in Florida, especially Amendment 4.

Dewey Clayton, University of Louisville
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Expert on race and politics. Can comment on the governor races in Maryland, Georgia, and Florida as well as national legislature election results.

Georgia

Dewey Clayton, University of Louisville
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Expert on race and politics. Can comment on the governor races in Maryland, Georgia, and Florida as well as national legislature election results.

Mary-Kate Lizotte, Augusta University
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Expert on gender gap in voting, gender gap in public opinion, voter evaluations of women candidates. Can comment on Georgia gubernatorial race.

Jennifer McCoy, Georgia State University
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@jlynnmccoy
Expert on political polarization, elections and voting rights. Can comment on Georgia elections.

Beth Reingold, Emory University
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Expert on women in office. Can comment on Georgia gubernatorial race.

Chapman Rackaway, University of West Georgia
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@DocPolitics
Expert on campaign strategy, partisanship in voting, electioneering, campaign finance, and messaging. Can comment on elections in Kansas and Georgia.

Massachusetts

Tiffany Joseph, Northeastern University
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Expert on how public policy influences issues related to health care, immigration, and race. Can comment on Massachusetts elections.

Pennsylvania

Jennie Sweet-Cushman, Chatham University
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@jenniesweetcush
Experts on women candidates in Pennsylvania. Can comment on Pennsylvania races.

Texas

Emily Brunson, Texas State University
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Expert on healthcare and the election. Can comment on the human impacts of the Medicaid expansion initiatives on state ballots, healthcare reform generally. Can comment on Texas elections.

Joanne Connor Green, Texas Christian University
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Expert on gender in elections. Can comment on Texas races.