Nicholas Carnes

The 2023-4 State Legislators Dataset

The 2023-4 State Legislators Dataset includes biographical information about state lawmakers who held office in 2023 and 2024 compiled from legislative and campaign websites and other online sources. The project's principal aim was to record the current or most recent main occupation (outside of elected office) held by each member, but the dataset also includes information about a wide range of characteristics including race, gender, and education.

(Information about the 2021-2 State Legislators Database is listed below.)

How to Cite

Carnes, Nicholas and Eric R. Hansen. 2024. The 2023-4 State Legislators Dataset, Version 1.2 [computer file]. Durham, NC: Duke University. Available online from www.duke.edu/~nwc8/stateleg.html.

Contact Email

nicholas.carnes@duke.edu

Download

Codebook (.docx)

Individual-level Dataset (.xlsx)

Individual-level Dataset (.dta/Stata 13)

State-level Dataset of Occupational Category Averages (.csv)

Acknowledgements

This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2139557. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Additional support for this project was provided by the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

The 2021-2 State Legislators Dataset

The 2021-2 State Legislators Dataset includes biographical information about state lawmakers who held office in 2023 and 2024 compiled from legislative and campaign websites and other online sources. The project's principal aim was to record the current or most recent main occupation (outside of elected office) held by each member, but the dataset also includes information about a wide range of characteristics including race, gender, and education.