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The Roads to Congress 2008
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2010
Summary
The Roads to Congress 2008 offers readers straightfoward and detailed case studies of the campaigns, candidates, key issues, and outcomes of over one dozen of the most important and interesting races of 2008. This includes both House and Senate campaigns, contests from all regions of the country, and seats held by Democrats and Republicans, as well as open seats. Every two years the pageantry of American politics unfolds when all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and roughly one-third of those in the U.S. Senate are up for election. These elections provide voters with an opportunity to evaluate their members of Congress and the institution as a whole. They also offer a regular and frequent barometer for the health and practice of American democracy. The 2008 election cycle, in particular, was in many ways one of the most intriguing and pivotal elections in many years and for many reasons, which are explored in this book.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4209-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4211-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
306
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
1 The 2008 Congressional Elections No access
2 Mississippi District 1 Race (Childers v. Davis) No access
3 Missouri District 6 Race (Barnes v. Graves) No access
4 Illinois District 14 Race (Foster v. Oberweis) No access
5 New York District 13 Race (McMahon v. Straniere) No access
6 Texas District 23 Race (Rodriguez v. Larson) No access
7 California District 26 Race (Warner v. Dreier) No access
8 Ohio District 16 Race (Boccieri v. Schuring) No access
9 Florida District 21 Race (Martinez v. L. Diaz-Balart) and Florida District 25 Race (Garcia v. M. Diaz-Balart) No access
10 Florida District 13 Race (Jennings v. Buchanan) No access
11 Louisiana Senate Race (Landrieu v. Kennedy) No access
12 Virginia Senate Race (Warner v. Gilmore) No access
13 Alaska Senate Race (Begich v. Stevens) No access
14 Colorado Senate Race (Udall v. Schaffer) No access
15 The Legacy of Election 2008 No access
Appendix A: Constitutional Requirements for Congress No access Pages 281 - 282
Appendix B: Party Control of Congress No access Pages 283 - 284
Appendix C: Length of Service in Congress No access Pages 285 - 286
Appendix D: Reelection Rates in Congress No access Pages 287 - 288
Appendix E: Margins of Victory in Congressional Elections No access Pages 289 - 290
Appendix F: Voting Turnout in Congressional Elections No access Pages 291 - 292
