Replication Data for: Breaking Barriers: Analyzing Women Prosecutors' Electoral Success (doi:10.7910/DVN/OCHIPB)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Breaking Barriers: Analyzing Women Prosecutors' Electoral Success

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/OCHIPB

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2026-02-10

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Cann, Damon; Yates, Jeff; Carson, Jamie; Wright, Ronald, 2026, "Replication Data for: Breaking Barriers: Analyzing Women Prosecutors' Electoral Success", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OCHIPB, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:GXoFzjJZiXFWqhHMN2152A== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Breaking Barriers: Analyzing Women Prosecutors' Electoral Success

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/OCHIPB

Authoring Entity:

Cann, Damon (Utah State University)

Yates, Jeff (Binghamton University)

Carson, Jamie (University of Georgia)

Wright, Ronald (Wake Forest University)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Cann, Damon

Depositor:

Cann, Damon

Date of Deposit:

2026-02-10

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OCHIPB

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Abstract:

This file provides the data, code, and codebook to replicate the analyses in "Breaking Barriers: Analyzing Women Prosecutors' Electoral Success", which has been accepted for publication in Political Behavior

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f13452332

File: PolBeh Replication.tab

  • Number of cases: 468

  • No. of variables per record: 18

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:GXoFzjJZiXFWqhHMN2152A==

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

femwins

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.3961959250670475; Valid 468.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.1944444444444443; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:t6+RfgcglW/fl5ayhtVIBQ==

RECODE of numfem (does a woman run)

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.48801968889578806; Min. 0.0; Valid 468.0; Mean 0.38888888888888884; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:boPZPZRr0gVv1g6Fa4d/QA==

fem_match_pres

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.41033876074606634; Mean 0.21367521367521372; Valid 468.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:0JcSXsgXh0pADfDNiq4bZg==

viol_100k

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 112.01912689208984; Valid 468.0; Max. 778.2771606445312; Mean 383.6861256493461; StDev 91.9481768495883

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:uCKpibgLM5wBCFy6o087Eg==

feminc

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.14529914529914523; StDev 0.35277929272887004; Min. 0.0; Valid 468.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GlJRQ84LvybFGadjn0L4Yw==

nonpartisan

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 468.0; StDev 0.34395315915303776; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.13675213675213713;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SiVsA4hYhJK0JaWSjus6hQ==

RECODE of numinc

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4383046273924116; Valid 468.0; Mean 0.25854700854700857; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:fy6hm3Efcr/+NgWnVW43qQ==

race has 3 or more candidates =1; 0 otherwise

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 468.0; Mean 0.02991452991452999; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.17053384237278382; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Eu9g86ibNsKXh9V9mRkv0g==

mass_cult_con_est

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. -1.174640562683785; Mean -0.4135407075658065; Valid 391.0; Max. 0.6177115237663651; StDev 0.3605468631776024;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:oFTEUcVQmoVzNyWLirEltw==

pctnonwt

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 5.000053405761719; StDev 14.912874159928384; Mean 28.000726879152484; Valid 468.0; Max. 87.69998168945312

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:LfB1H3Hw00xNoK4Uow4FrQ==

fematper1000

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.077423917877878; Max. 2.3401005268096924; Valid 468.0; Min. 0.37330731749534607; StDev 0.4611929237143864;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:msjz6dQ/Uq0C1zu/wDM5fQ==

number of years incumbant has been in office

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 8.306348446436958; Mean 6.517094017094014; Max. 47.0; Valid 468.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:YnquvovFHlkM9Ov2LU25IA==

Campaign funds can be used for childcare while in official duties of office.

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.17632478530456142; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.032051282051282146; Min. 0.0; Valid 468.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:OFGbJAVJa1rknllfNWjZfA==

numcand

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.4401709401709402; StDev 0.5692415524370603; Min. 1.0; Valid 468.0; Max. 4.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:fXVBThVvhhIBuD5aa61KEg==

elecyr

f13452332 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2016.017094017094; Valid 468.0; Max. 2020.0; Min. 2012.0; StDev 2.729748577681057;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:OipkHAz34ZnVjWximohnkg==

state

f13452332 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:gxXJAkczhsA4+GVLlMWWmg==

distname

f13452332 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:Pjm0q2s/JgURal/LQcMPAw==

distname

f13452332 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

13.

1st Judicial District District Attorney's Office

3

58.

Contra Costa

2

41.

Berks

2

80.

El Paso

3

173.

Stark

3

164.

Sixth Judicial District Office of the Prosecuting Attorney

1

76.

District 7 (Oklahoma City)

2

29.

9th Judicial Circuit

3

143.

Pinal

3

27.

7th Judicial Circuit

3

71.

DeKalb (Stone Mountain Circuit)

3

96.

Henrico

2

115.

Lucas

3

62.

DA District 10 (Wake County)

2

66.

DA District 26 (Charlotte)

2

78.

DuPage

3

21.

30th Judicial District

1

161.

Santa Barbara

2

142.

Pima

3

185.

Washtenaw

3

152.

Riverside

2

144.

Placer

2

158.

San Francisco

2

77.

Douglas

2

47.

Bucks

2

135.

Nueces

3

171.

St. Louis County

2

84.

Fifth Judicial Circuit (Kershaw, Richland Counties; Columbia)

2

101.

Jackson

3

128.

Montgomery

2

79.

El Paso

0

6.

17th Judicial Circuit

3

55.

Clark

2

67.

Dakota

2

187.

Wayne

3

12.

1st Judicial Circuit

3

180.

Tulare

2

114.

Loudoun

2

22.

4th Judicial Circuit

3

103.

Kane

3

56.

Cobb

3

112.

Lorain

3

17.

23rd Judicial Circuit

1

48.

Butler

3

148.

Prince William County, Manassas City, Manassas Park City

2

82.

Essex (Eastern District)

2

69.

Dane

3

20.

30th Judicial Circuit (Jefferson)

2

74.

Denver (2nd Judicial District)

3

91.

Gwinnett

3

166.

Solano

2

194.

York

2

116.

Luzerne

2

28.

8th Judicial District

3

150.

Ramsey

2

87.

Fresno

2

52.

Chesterfield

3

63.

DA District 14 (Durham)

2

182.

Ventura

2

174.

Suffolk

2

95.

Hennepin

2

190.

Westmoreland

2

130.

Nassau

3

107.

Kings

2

86.

Franklin

3

60.

Cumberland, District 2

2

57.

Collin

2

37.

Augusta (Richmond, Columbia, Burke)

3

11.

19th Judicial District

2

36.

Anoka

2

172.

Stanislaus

1

100.

Howard

2

159.

San Joaquin

2

73.

Denton

2

3.

12th Judicial Circuit

3

65.

DA District 21 (Winston-Salem)

2

138.

Orange

1

18.

24th Judicial District

2

139.

Orleans Parish

2

140.

Philadelphia

2

14.

20th Judicial Circuit

2

40.

Bell

3

89.

Galveston

2

192.

Williamson

3

42.

Bexar

2

162.

Santa Clara

2

53.

City of Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney

2

151.

Richmond

2

141.

Pierce

2

38.

Baltimore City

2

170.

St. Louis City

3

131.

New York

2

90.

Genesee

3

168.

Spokane

2

35.

Anne Arundel

2

183.

Washington

1

169.

St. Charles

2

8.

18th Judicial Circuit

3

132.

Ninth Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office (Charleston, Berkeley)

3

105.

Kern

2

126.

Monterey

2

19.

2nd Judicial District

3

68.

Dallas

2

163.

Sedgwick

3

10.

19th Judicial Circuit

2

64.

DA District 18 (Greensboro)

2

104.

Kent

3

9.

18th Judicial District District Attorney's Office

3

178.

Thirteenth Circuit (Greenville, Pickens)

2

30.

Ada

3

127.

Montgomery

0

167.

Sonoma

2

50.

Chester

2

61.

Cuyahoga

3

49.

Cameron

3

136.

Oakland

3

1.

10th Judicial Circuit

3

44.

Brazoria

2

31.

Alameda

2

75.

District 14 (Tulsa)

2

99.

Honolulu

3

24.

5th Judicial Circuit

3

16.

22nd Judicial Circuit (Fayette)

2

123.

Middlesex County (Northern District)

2

83.

Fairfax City and Fairfax County

2

186.

Waukesha

3

106.

King

2

145.

Plymouth

2

97.

Hidalgo

2

179.

Travis

3

111.

Lehigh

2

113.

Los Angeles

1

122.

Miami-Dade 11th

3

160.

San Mateo

2

15.

20th Judicial District

1

133.

Norfolk

2

177.

Tarrant

2

7.

17th Judicial District Attorney's Office

3

176.

Summit

0

70.

Davis

2

88.

Fulton (Atlanta Circuit)

3

2.

11th Judicial District (Hamilton)

1

165.

Snohomish

2

147.

Prince George's

2

109.

Lancaster

2

124.

Milwaukee

3

120.

McHenry

3

156.

San Bernadino

2

137.

Onondaga

2

181.

Utah County

2

34.

Allen

2

51.

Chesterfield

0

32.

Albany

3

46.

Bronx

2

43.

Boulder (20th Judicial District)

4

98.

Hillsborough

5

108.

Lake

3

85.

Fort Bend

2

157.

San Diego

2

4.

13th Judicial Circuit

3

92.

Hamilton

3

5.

15th Judicial Circuit

3

134.

Northampton

2

129.

Multnomah

0

193.

Worcester County (Middle District)

2

154.

Sacramento

2

110.

Lane

3

39.

Baltimore County

2

155.

Salt Lake

2

175.

Summit

3

26.

6th Judicial District

1

117.

Macomb

3

149.

Queens

2

59.

Cook

3

94.

Harris

4

153.

Rockland

2

33.

Allegheny County

2

119.

Marion

2

191.

Will

3

189.

Westchester

3

72.

Delaware

2

125.

Monroe

2

118.

Maricopa

3

23.

4th Judicial District Attorney

3

45.

Bristol District

3

188.

Weld (19th Judicial District)

3

121.

Merced

2

81.

Erie

3

25.

6th Judicial Circuit

3

102.

Johnson County

3

146.

Polk County

2

93.

Hampden District

2

54.

Clackamas

3

184.

Washoe

2

Summary Statistics: StDev 59.24311058693625; Min. 1.0; Mean 100.03418803418806; Valid 468.0; Max. 210.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:f3Ew3BaLI4C+LXjEpHdqcg==

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Codebook.docx

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Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

PolBeh Replication.do

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