Special elections : the backdoor entrance to Congress / Charles S. Bullock, Karen Owen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bullock, Charles S., III, 1942- author.

Owen, Karen, 1979- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special elections--United States--Case studies.

Special elections.

United States--Congresses--House--Elections, 2017.

United States.

United States. Congress. House--Elections, 2017.

United States. Congress. House--Elections, 2018.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Most members of Congress begin their careers through regularly scheduled elections, but terms may be cut short due to death, scandal, or different career opportunities. In these cases, special elections are held to fill vacancies. This book presents a scholarly treatment of special elections: both in terms of explaining what factors influence outcomes and in determining whether special elections are bellwethers for general elections. Based on 75 years of data, Charles S. Bullock, III and Karen L. Owen closely examine several competitive special elections during the first two years of the Trump era and quantitatively assess the almost 300 House special elections held since World War II.

Contents:

The place of special elections

The special election primary in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District

The 2017 runoff in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District

Other special elections held in the wake of Trump's win

Money, money everywhere but did it make any difference?

Do special elections tell anything about upcoming general elections?

Wrapping up.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-754064-3

0-19-754065-1

0-19-754063-5