2014 Hahn-Sigelman Prize

• DOI: 10.1177/1532673X15571990
• Author: Brian J. Gaines
• Date: 01 March 2015
• Published date: 01 March 2015
• Subject Matter: Announcement

American Politics Research

2015, Vol. 43(2) 360

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Announcement

2014 Hahn-Sigelman

Prize

I am pleased to announce that the winner of the 2014 Hahn-Sigelman Prize

for best paper published in American Politics Research is “Candidates,

Competition, and the Partisan Press: Congressional Elections in the Early

Antebellum Era” by Jamie L. Carson and M.V. Hood III. It appeared in the

September 2014 issue (volume 42, issue 5), and was singled out by the prize

committee as an outstanding example of a well-written and original analysis

that makes a strong theoretical contribution. The authors employ novel data

from the early Nineteenth Century to demonstrate that district-specific fac-

tors such as candidate quality were important factors influencing election

outcomes even in that era of weak parties, close races, and highly partisan

newspapers. It will be of great interest to those interested in elections, the

media, and American history.

The prize is named in honor of two past editors of this journal. Harlan

Hahn (1939-2008) was the founding editor of American Politics Quarterly

(which shifted from a quarterly to a bi-monthly journal in 2001). He served

as editor from 1973 until 1978. His research spanned many areas, including

urban studies, health politics, and criminal justice. A survivor of childhood

polio, he was also a strong advocate of disability rights, and was a pioneer in

the academic field of disability studies. He also contributed to the passage of

the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of

1990. Lee Sigelman (1945-2009) edited American Politics Research from

1982 to 1987, from the University of Kentucky, the NSF, and the University

of Arizona. He later edited the American Political Science Review, from

George Washington University. Over a long and very productive career, he

authored hundreds of articles and multiple books, won many prizes for his

diverse work on political behavior, and was renowned not only for being

consistently insightful but also for being exceptionally funny.

I am grateful for the assistance of the 2014 prize committee, Iris Hui

(Stanford University and 2013 Hahn-Sigelman Prize winner), Wendy

Martinek (Binghamton University), and Timothy Nokken (Texas Tech

University).

Brian J. Gaines, editor

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