The battle for Congress : consultants, candidates, and voters /

The battle for Congress : consultants, candidates, and voters / James A. Thurber, editor. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001. - x, 260 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / James A. Thurber -- One year and four elections : the 1998 Capps campaign for California's 22nd District / Jeff Gill -- Johnson vs. Koskoff : the 1998 campaign for the Connecticut's 6th District / Diana Evans -- High turnout in a low turnout year : Georgia's 2nd District / Charles S. Bullock -- Kansas's 3rd District : the "Pros from Dover" set up shop / Burdett A. Loomis -- Brian Baird's "Ring of fire" : quest for campaign funds and votes in Washington's 3rd District / James A. Thurber and Carolyn Long -- Wisconsin's 2nd District : history in the making / David T. Canon.

Introduction -- One years and four elections: the 1998 capps campaign for California's twenty-second district Jeff Gill -- Johnson versus Koskoff: the 1998 campaugn for connecticut's suxth District -- High turnout in a Low-Turnout year: Georgia's Second District -- Kansas's Third District: The "pros from Dover" set Up Shop -- Brian Baird's "Ring of fire": The quest for funds and votes in Washington's third district -- Wisconsin's second district: History in the making -- Appendix: case study framework and methodology.

0815784643 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815784635 (pbk. : alk. paper)


United States. Congress. House --Elections, 1998--Case studies.


Political campaigns--United States--Case studies.
Political consultants--United States--Case studies.
Política--Estados Unidos--Estudio de casos.
Campaign management--United States--Case studies.

JK 2281 / B336 2001

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