Seth C. McKee is associate professor of political science at Texas Tech University. McKee is the current Editor in Chief of Political Research Quarterly and a member of the editorial boards of American Politics Research and Political Behavior. His primary area of research focuses on American electoral politics and especially party system change in the American South. He has published numerous articles on such topics as political participation, public opinion, voter preferences, redistricting, party switching, minority representation, strategic voting behavior, and state legislator voting behavior. McKee is the author of Republican Ascendancy in Southern U.S. House Elections (Westview Press 2010) and the editor of Jigsaw Puzzle Politics in the Sunshine State (University Press of Florida 2015).