Organized Section 22: Virginia Gray Best Book Award

State Politics and Policy Section Award Recipients

Virginia Gray Best Book Award
To be awarded annually to the best political science book published on the subject of U.S. state politics or policy in the preceding three calendar years. Thus, books would be eligible to be considered for the award for three years. E.g., for the 2017 award, books published in 2014-16 would be eligible for nomination.

2017	Jeffrey J. Harden, University of Notre Dame Multidimensional Democracy: A Supply and Demand Theory of Representation in American Legislatures. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
2016	Christopher W. Bonneau, University of Pittsburgh Voters' Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections. University of Virginia Press
2016	Damon M. Cann, Utah State University Voters' Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections. University of Virginia Press
2016	Ray La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst  Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail. University of Michigan Press
2016	Brian Schaffner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail. University of Michigan Press
2015	Sarah F. Anzia, University of California, Berkeley Timing and Turnout: How Off-Cycle Elections Favor Organized Interests. The University of Chicago Press, 2014
2014	Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego The Power of American Governors: Winning on Budget and Losing on Policy (University of Cambridge Press, 2012)
2014	Justin Phillips, Columbia University The Power of American Governors: Winning on Budget and Losing on Policy (University of Cambridge Press, 2012)
2014	Lynda Powell, University of Rochester The Influence of Campaign Contributions in State Legislators: The Effects of Institutions and Politics (University of Michigan Press, 2012)