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Richard Skinner

Richard Skinner teaches at the School of Professional and Extended Studies at American University and is the author of More Than Money: Interest Group Action in Congressional Elections. He tweets at @richardmskinner.

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Trump, Biden and The Politics of Consumption: When The Campaign Is Its Own Reward

by Richard Skinner September 3, 2015January 8, 2022

Ambition is the fuel that makes American politics run: ambition to win office, ambition to hold onto office, ambition to move up the “ladder” of office. But there are other reasons for seeking office. A candidate may want to promote a set of ideas. She may believe that her party deserves representation, even if she’s […]

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One Palm Tree, One Vote: How FIFA Shows That Institutions Matter

by Richard Skinner June 6, 2015January 8, 2022
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Marco Obama? Not So Fast

by Richard Skinner April 16, 2015January 8, 2022
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Back to the Nineties? Or the Coming (C) 4 Shakedown?

by Richard Skinner April 7, 2015January 8, 2022
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Who Remembers Nelson Rockefeller?

by Richard Skinner November 23, 2014January 8, 2022
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A Surprising Unsurprising Election

by Richard Skinner November 12, 2014January 8, 2022
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Harping on Mark Halperin

by Richard Skinner October 8, 2014January 8, 2022
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Courting the Parties

by Richard Skinner May 15, 2014January 9, 2022
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Towards a Political Geography of Baseball

by Richard Skinner April 29, 2014January 9, 2022
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Will the GOP Declare War on Rand Paul?

by Richard Skinner April 25, 2014January 9, 2022

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