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Evaluating Muslim American Representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2022

Nazita Lajevardi
Affiliation:
Michigan State University, USA
Liesel Spangler
Affiliation:
Independent Scholar, USA

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Research on Race and Ethnicity in Legislative Studies
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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