Published Works

Forthcoming. “Revisiting Senatorial Courtesy and the Selection of Judges to the U.S. Courts of Appeals.” Political Research Quarterly. With Nicholas O. Howard. (Supplementary Appendix)
2020. “Does Local Journalism Stimulate Voter Participation in State Supreme Courts?” Journal of Law and Courts, 8(1): 95-126.
2019. “Judicial Institutions and the Political Economy of Retirements.” Political Behavior.
2019. “New-Style Campaigns in State Supreme Court Retention Elections.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 19(2): 127-54.
2019. “The Chief Justice as Effective Administrative Leader: The Impact of Policy Scope and Interbranch Relations.” Social Science Quarterly, 100(4): 1358-68. With Richard L. Vining, Jr. and Teena Wilhelm.
2017. “The Politics of the U.S. Federal Judiciary’s Requests for Institutional Reform.” Social Science Quarterly, 98(5): 1277-95. With Richard L. Vining, Jr. and Teena Wilhelm.
2015. “Deliberation Rules and Opinion Assignment Procedures in State Supreme Courts: A Replication.” Justice System Journal, 36(4): 395-410. With Teena Wilhelm and Richard L. Vining, Jr.
2013. “The Voting Behavior of President Obama’s Appointees on the U.S. Courts of Appeals.” Judicature, Vol. 97: 137–143. With Susan B. Haire and Barry Edwards.

2021. “Alabama: Polarized and Uncompetitive.” in The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics, Vol. 7. Edited by Charles S. Bullock, III and Mark Rozell. Rowman and Littlefield.
2018. “Alabama: Race, Realignment, and One-Party Politics.” In The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics, Vol. 6. Edited by Charles S. Bullock, III and Mark Rozell. Rowman and Littlefield.

Hughes, David A. (2019). “Review: Judicial Elections in the 21st Century. (Edited by Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall).” Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 29(3): 31-3.
Hughes, David A. (2014). “Review: The Behavior of Federal Judges: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Rational Choice. (By Lee Epstein, William M. Landes, and Richard A. Posner).” The Journal of Politics, Vol. 7 (2).