Elections to open seats in the U.S. House : where the action is / Ronald Keith Gaddie and Charles S. Bullock, III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaddie, Ronald Keith.

Contributor:

Bullock, Charles S., III, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress. House--Elections.

United States.

United States. Congress. House.

Elections.

Physical Description:

xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2000]

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.

Contents:

1 Where the Action Is: Why Open Seats Jump-Start Congressional Careers 1

2 Open Seat Congressional Elections: Are These Influenced by the Same Factors as Incumbent Elections? 13

3 Candidates and Competition: Who Are They? Where Do They Come From? 53

4 Investing in the Future 85

5 Women and Open Seat Congressional Elections 129

6 Special Elections: The Other Open Seats 147

7 Understanding the Past, Predicting the Future 169

Appendix Forecasting the Open Seat Vote 195

Methodological Sources 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index.

ISBN:

0742508609

0742508617

OCLC:

43894289