State Legislative Election Returns (1967-2010)

This data set contains comprehensive information on state legislative general election returns from 1967 through 2010. Each of the more than 300,000 observations refers to an individual candidate who ran for state legislative office. Variables include district designations, year and month of election, type of district (multimember, etc.), and candidate attributes such as incumbency status, party and vote total. The data come from five sources, three of which are ICPSR data collections (#8907, #3938, #21480); this data set is an update of these previous releases, through 2010.

本数据集收录了自1967年至2010年间的州立法机关一般选举结果之详尽信息。超过30万条观测数据分别对应于竞选州立法机关职务的个体候选人。数据变量包括选区标识、选举年份与月份、选区类型（多席位等）以及候选人的属性，例如任职状态、所属政党及得票总数。数据来源于五个渠道，其中三个为ICPSR数据集（#8907、#3938、#21480）；本数据集是对先前发布的这些数据的更新，直至2010年。