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This book assembles accomplished scholars and fresh new contributors to provide expert analysis on congressional campaigns and elections. Every election is pivotal, but few in American history have held the potential to upend the democratic norms and procedures undergirding our republican system of government. This book reveals the key campaign themes, candidates, issues, demographics, and strategies that determined control of the 119th Congress, and the future directions of politics in America.
Table des matières
Chapter 1 The 118th Congress and the Wild 2024 Election Season.- Chapter 2 - Congressional Special Elections: Prelude to the 2024 Elections.- Chapter 3 - The 2024 Democratic House Primaries and the Israeli / Palestinian Conflict.- Chapter 4 - Deeper in the Dark: Campaign Finance and Dark Money in the 2024 Elections.- Chapter 5 - Black Representation in the Old South? Mid-decade Remaps in Alabama and Louisiana Bring New Possibilities.- Chapter 6 - Ticket-Splitting in 2024 Battleground States.- Chapter 7 - The New Republican Revolution: The Implications of Illiberalism and Populism for GOP Politics and Policy.- Chapter 8 - The Competing Pull of Race, Ethnicity, Party and Issues: Michigan s 10th, 12th, and 13th Districts.- Chapter 9 - The 2024 Battle for the Hudson Valley.- Chapter 10 - The Lone Toss-Up in the South: The Race for North Carolina s 1st Congressional District in 2024.- Chapter 11 - Trumpisma in Texas? Rematches in Texas s 15th and 34th Districts Retest New Republican Strategies.- Chapter 12 - Moderate Mayhem: Lake and Gallego s Fight for the Center in the 2024 Arizona Senate Race.- Chapter 13 2024 California U.S. Senate Race: Generational Change and Top-Two Primary Competition in a Deep Blue State.- Chapter 14 - Thank You For Your Service: A SEAL, A Flattop, And Montana s 2024 U.S. Senate Race.- Chapter 15 2024 Missouri U.S. Senate Race: Josh Hawley Seeks Reelection against Lucas Kunce.- Chapter 16 -2024 Ohio U.S. Senate Race: Farewell to the Last Statewide Elected Democrat.- Chapter 17 - Road to Perdition? The 2024 Elections Tempt the Fate of Democracy.
A propos de l'auteur
Walter Wilson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is the author of
From Inclusion to Influence: Latino Representation in Congress and Latino Political Incorporation in America (2017) and co-editor of the Roads to Congress since 2018.
Marcia L. Godwin is Associate Dean and Professor of Public Administration at the University of La Verne. She is co-editor and contributor, with Sean D. Foreman, of
Local Government and Mayoral Elections in 21st Century America (2015). She is a long-time contributor to The Roads to Congress series and became a co-editor in 2016.
Sean D. Foreman was Professor of Political Science at Barry University. He is co-editor of seven books, including
The Roads to Congress series since 2016, with Palgrave Macmillan. Foreman was President of the Florida Political Science Association in 2012 and has served as Secretary of FPSA from 2015 to present.
Résumé
This book assembles accomplished scholars and fresh new contributors to provide expert analysis on congressional campaigns and elections. Every election is pivotal, but few in American history have held the potential to upend the democratic norms and procedures undergirding our republican system of government. This book reveals the key campaign themes, candidates, issues, demographics, and strategies that determined control of the 119th Congress, and the future directions of politics in America.
