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9780742508606

Elections to Open Seats in the U.S. House Where the Action Is

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742508606

  • ISBN10:

    0742508609

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-09-06
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

Shifting the focal point from incumbency to open seat competition in the U.S. House of Representatives is the task this book embraces. In the process, the authors demonstrate the importance of candidates and competition, and the role of money, gender, and special elections in determining how open seats get filled and when partisan changes occur.

Author Biography

Ronald Keith Gaddie is associate professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma Charles S. Bullock, III, is Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
Acknowledgments xi
Where the Action Is: Why Open Seats Jump-Start Congressional Careers
1(12)
Open Seat Congressional Elections: Are These Influenced by the Same Factors as Incumbent Elections?
13(40)
Candidates and Competition: Who Are They? Where Do They Come From?
53(32)
Investing in the Future
85(44)
Women and Open Seat Congressional Elections
129(18)
Special Elections: The Other Open Seats
147(22)
Understanding the Past, Predicting the Future
169(26)
Appendix: Forecasting the Open Seat Vote 195(22)
Methodological Sources 217(2)
References 219(10)
Index 229(10)
About the Authors 239

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