Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Split Decision

ISBN-13: 9780367209100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 222 str.

Randall E. Adkins; David A. Dulio

Opis

This carefully chosen sample of 2018 congressional campaigns provides readers with an account of the campaign battles that took place across the nation. Although Democrats seemed to be poised for a big blue wave of victory following Donald Trump’s historic and divisive 2016 election, the Midterms yielded instead a split decision.

Spis treści

1. The 2018 Elections  2. An Endangered Republican Incumbent Survives in the Suburbs: Fitzpatrick vs. Wallace in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District  3. “Senator Spineless” and the Campaign Against Demography: Heller vs. Rosen in Nevada’s Senate Race  4. Flipping Red to Blue in the Lone Star State: Culberson vs. Fletcher in Texas’s 7th Congressional District  5. A Negative Nail Biter: McSally vs. Sinema in Arizona’s Senate Race  6. An Extraordinary Set of Circumstances: Rouda vs. Rohrabacher in California’s 48th Congressional District  7. Party “Trumps” Independence: Blackburn vs. Bredesen in Tennessee’s Senate Race  8. Another Suburban District Turns Blue: Stevens vs. Epstein in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District  9. A Split Decision in “Flyover Country”: Yoder vs. Davids in Kansas’s 3rd Congressional District and Watkins vs. Davis in Kansas’s 2nd Congressional District  10. A Split Decision