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Informationen zum Autor GwenCarol Holmes has worked passionately for over 40 years to educate ALL students in numerous schools all across the United States, both rural and urban, large and small. She has served as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, educational provider and researcher, chief academic officer, and superintendent. Klappentext In this new edited volume, Charles S. Bullock III collects original contributions from top political scientists to evaluate Sarah Palin and the Tea Party's role in the 2010 midterm elections. Key States, High Stakes Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections focuses on states where Republicans had the chance to pick up Senate seats, as well as examining GOP Senate primaries if they involved a Palin or a Tea Party nominee facing an establishment favorite. Bullock concludes the anthology with a chapter on the legacy of the Tea Party and of Sarah Palin on American politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The 2010 ElectionsCharles S. Bullock, IIIPart 1: Sarah Palin's Mama GrizzliesChapter 2. Mama Grizzly Nearly Trapped: New Hampshire's Republican Senate PrimaryDante J. ScalaChapter 3. Sacrificing Electoral Viability for Ideological Purity: Christine O'Donnell and the Delaware Senate RaceDaniel C. ReedChapter 4. Nevada: The Tea Party Takes on Harry Reid but from the Wrong AngleTed G. JelenChapter 5. "A Deep Blue Hole"? California, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Midterm ElectionsAmy Widestrom and Christopher DennisPart 2: Tea Party FavoritesChapter 6. Florida: A Plummeting Economy, Tea Parties, and Palin Give GOP a Clean SweepSusan A. MacManus with the assistance of David J. Bonanza and Mary L. MossChapter 7. Randslide: Tea Party Success in the Establishment's BackyardJoel Turner and Scott LasleyChapter 8. Ron Johnson: The Accidental Tea PartierGeoffrey PetersonChapter 9. The Pennsylvania Senate Race: Toomey's TimeStanley P. BerardChapter 10. Colorado: The Centennial State Bucks the National TrendM. Jean KingstonChapter 11. The 2010 West Virginia Senate RaceRobert RuppChapter 12. The 2010 Elections in New YorkCostas PanagopoulosPart 3 States Not in the Tea Party Play BookChapter 13. Arkansas: The Kettle That Didn't WhistleAndrew Dowdle and Joseph D. GiammoChapter 14. Coats vs. Ellsworth: The 2010 Indiana Senate RaceMichael A. Maggiotto and Raymond H. SchelleChapter 15. The Blue and the Red in the Land of Obama: The 2010 Midterms in IllinoisJanna L. DietzChapter 16. The 2010 Washington U.S. Senate Race: Two Familiar Faces and Two Potential Wild CardsEdward Anegon and David NiceChapter 17. Connecticut: Too Liberal to Be Palin's Cup of TeaDiana EvansChapter 18. Conclusion: Evaluating Palin, the Tea Party, and DeMint InfluencesCharles S. Bullock, IIINotesIndexAbout the Authors...
