Jordan Butcher
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Jordan Butcher's research investigates the dynamics of state legislatures, with a particular focus on representation and legislative processes. Their work has examined the professionalization of state courts, legislative turnover, and the retention of women in state legislatures. Recent publications explore topics such as queer women of color in US state legislatures, the impact of term limits, and how governments centralize regulation in response to presidential priorities. Butcher also studies government transparency and information access in state governments.
With an h-index of 5 and 27 total publications, Butcher's scholarship contributes to the understanding of legislative behavior and representation in the American states. Their research is characterized by empirical analysis of state-level political phenomena.
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- h-index: 5
- Publications: 27
- Citations: 51
Selected Publications
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“Stronger”: Learning From Nevada's Women‐Led Legislative Majority (2025)
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Out with the Old, In with the Republicans? The Partisan Push of Legislative Term Limits (2025)
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How Free is Information? Transparency in State Government (2024)
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Replication Data for: Already Gone: Retaining Women in State Legislatures (2023)
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The Push and Promise of Term Limits (2023)
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Conclusions (2023)
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Term Limits and Their Many Theories (2023)
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Changes to External Relations: State Agencies (2023)
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Legislative Leadership (2023)
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Changes to Internal Deliberation: Committees (2023)
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Declining Turnover and Legislative Leave (2023)
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Legislative Careerism and Growing Ambition (2023)
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Navigating Term Limits (2023)
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Already Gone: Retaining Women in State Legislatures (2023)
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Parties and professionals, an exploration of turnover in U.S. state legislatures (2023)
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- Already Gone: Retaining Women in State Legislatures
- “Stronger”: Learning From Nevada's Women‐Led Legislative Majority
- Already Gone: Female Retention in State Legislatures
- An Update to the Squire State Court of Last Resort Professionalization Index
- Legislating as Your Full Self: Queer Women of Color in US State Legislatures
- How Free is Information? Transparency in State Government
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