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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780495803321

Titolo

The battle for Congress [[electronic resource] ] : consultants, candidates, and voters / / James Thurber, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8157-9898-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThurberJames A. <1943->

Disciplina

324.973/0929

Soggetti

Political campaigns - United States

Political consultants - United States

Campaign management - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication Page; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: One Year and Four Elections: The 1998 Capps Campaign for California's Twenty-Second District; Chapter Three: Johnson versus Koskoff: The 1998 Campaign for Connecticut's Sixth District; Chapter Four: High Turnout in a Low-Turnout Year: Georgia's Second District; Chapter Five: Kansas's Third District: The ""Pros from Dover"" Set Up Shop; Chapter Six: Brian Baird's ""Ring of Fire"": The Quest for Funds and Votes in Washington's Third  District

Chapter Seven: Wisconsin's Second District: History in the MakingAppendix; Contributors; Index