Elections to Open Seats in the U.S. House: Where the Action Is

by Ronald Keith Gaddie and Charles S. Bullock III

Book Overview

Shifting the focal point from incumbency to open seat competition in the U.S. House of Representatives is the task this book embraces. In the process, the authors demonstrate the importance of candidates and competition, and the role of money, gender, and special elections in determining how open seats get filled and when partisan changes occur.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742508617
• ISBN13: 9780742508613
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Gaddie is brilliant

Having worked several congressional campaigns, most of them losers, I found it disturbing that Dr. Gaddie disected them so completely. However, his findings make a LOT of sense, and will help anybody who is interested in the electoral process understand the ins and outs of campaigning a little better.