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Down ballot : how a local campaign became a national referendum on abortion / Patrick Wohl.
Van Pelt Library JK5793 1990 .W65 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wohl, Patrick, 1994- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives--Elections, 1990.
- Illinois.
- Contested elections--Illinois.
- Contested elections.
- Pullen, Penny.
- Mulligan, Rosemary, 1941-2014.
- Mulligan, Rosemary.
- Republican Party (Ill.).
- Abortion--Political aspects--United States.
- Abortion.
- Illinois--Politics and government--1951-.
- Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
- Abortion--Political aspects.
- Elections.
- Politics and government.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Champaign, IL : 3 Fields Books, an imprint of the University of Illinois Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "In 1990, a suburban Chicago race for the Republican Party nomination for state representative between Penny Pullen and Rosemary Mulligan unexpectedly became a national proxy battle over abortion in the United States. But the hard-fought primary also illustrated the overlooked importance of down-ballot contests in America's culture wars. Patrick Wohl offers the dramatic account of a rollercoaster campaign that, after attracting political celebrities and a media circus, came down to thirty-one votes, a coin toss to determine the winner, and a recount fight that set a precedent for how to count dimpled chads. As the story unfolds, Wohl provides a rare nuts-and-bolts look at an election for state office from its first days through the Illinois Supreme Court decision that decided the winner--and set the stage for a decisive 1992 rematch. A compelling political page-turner, Down Ballot takes readers behind the scenes of a legendary Illinois election"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Amendment XXVII
- Rosemary Mulligan
- Blood terrorists
- Henry Penny
- Two cents
- On the trail
- Raccoons, reporters, and rapists' rights
- GOTV
- Dimpled chads
- Heads or tails
- Rematch
- Talk of the town
- Goldwater girls.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wohl, Patrick, 1994- Down ballot
- ISBN:
- 9780252045479
- 0252045475
- 9780252087585
- 0252087585
- OCLC:
- 1375438169
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