TY - BOOK AU - Thurber,James A. TI - The battle for Congress: consultants, candidates, and voters SN - 0815784643 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - JK 2281 B336 2001 U1 - 324.9730929 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press KW - United States KW - Congress KW - House KW - Elections, 1998 KW - Case studies KW - Political campaigns KW - Political consultants KW - PolĂ­tica KW - Estados Unidos KW - Estudio de casos KW - Campaign management N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -