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Courage, commitment, determination, and ego make first-time candidates run...
But what does it take to make them win?

Edward Sidlow's new case study, Challenging the Incumbent: An Underdog's Undertaking, animates the scholarship on congressional elections as it tells an intimate, behind-the-scenes story of the 2000 congressional race in Illinois' 8th district. Lance Pressl, a 42-year-old challenger takes on long-time incumbent Phil Crane in a political contest that epitomizes the trials and tribulations confronting those who dare to run against incumbents.

Combining the most recent scholarship on campaigns and elections with an eye-witness account of the day-to-day dynamics of a race, Sidlow documents Pressl's efforts as he tries to win the support and commitment of his core constituents and powerful political allies. The challenges he faces are legion: Will major demographic changes in the district bode well for Pressl, a moderate Democrat running in a well-established Republican stronghold? Will Pressl's well-connected personal contacts bring the dollars so critical to his campaign? Will they attract enough media attention? To whom can he turn for sound strategic advice and support? Balancing key issues in electoral politics with a fascinating David-and-Goliath storyline, Sidlow's study will give students context in which to understand the dynamics--and the vagaries--of House elections..
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Madison "Maddy" Glenn is the controversial mayor of the beautiful tourist town of Santa Rita, California Lisa Truccoli, her friend and treasurer of her last campaign, has been abducted The only thing left at the scene of the crime is a shocking clue—a clue with Maddy’s name on it. And the game begins. She embarks on a desperate hunt for answers, finding more shocking clues in a dangerous game the abductor wants to play—with Maddy..
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As he lies in the hospital, the day after being caught in the crossfire of a presidential assassination attempt, journalist Jack Flynn has some serious questions. And he needs answers ..fast! The day after being caught in the crossfire of a presidential assassination attempt, journalist Jack Flynn has some serious questions: Why, just twelve days before the election, did the incumbent presidnet want to play golf with Jack, a man he'd never met, and offer him the job of press secretary in his new administration? Who was the gunman on the sixteenth green, eliminated by the Secret Service? And who is the mysterious phone caller who has just warned Jack that 'nothing is as it scems'? With time running out, Jack realises he's in the middle of a vast conspiracy, and may not live long enough to find out who's behind it..
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This book examines how ruling elites manage and manipulate their political opposition in the Middle East. In contrast to discussions of government-opposition relations that focus on how rulers either punish or co-opt opponents, this book focuses on the effect of institutional rules governing the opposition. It argues rules determining who is and is not allowed to participate in the formal political arena affect not only the relationships between opponents and the state, but also between various opposition groups. This affects the dynamics of opposition during prolonged economic crises. It also shapes the informal strategies that ruling elites use toward opponents. The argument is presented using a formal model of government-opposition relations. It is demonstrated in the cases of Egypt under Presidents Nasir, Sadat and Mubarek; Jordan under King Husayn; and Morocco under King Hasan II..
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This digital document is an article from Middle East Policy, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2006. The length of the article is 1688 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Structuring Conflict in the Arab World: Incumbents, Opponents, and Institutions.(Book review)
Author: Sarah Salwen
Publication:Middle East Policy (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Page: 177(4)

Article Type: Book review

Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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While many books detail how senators and representatives operate in Washington, this one describes how they stay in power. The congressional elections of 1998 were the most expensive in history Incumbency reelection rates were 98.3 percent in the House and 89.7 percent in the Senate, and this was a typical outcome after Watergate-era campaign "reforms" supposedly reduced the influence of money in politics. From the unique vantage of credible citizen-candidates who ran against congressional incumbents from Massachusetts to Hawaii during the 1990s, Against Long Odds tackles the question of why incumbents nearly always win. These citizen-challengers learned that the system is rigged against them. Incumbents prevail through a virtual monopoly on campaign cash, lavish congressional perks, local media and business backing, intimidation of their challengers' supporters, and sometimes outright dirty tricks. This is true for Republicans and Democrats; for conservatives, moderates, and liberals alike. This account details, as no other book has, how representatives and senators are zealous participants in a system that threatens to overturn the American traditions of free elections and the free exchange of ideas. Frustrated voters often complain that, no matter which party controls Congress, nothing ever really seems to change. Merriner and Senter explain why..
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Provocative and poignant, Dump the Incumbents! is a call to political action. Inside are twenty-six reasons, from A-Z, that will convince the American voter to take action on Election Day..
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Reader's Digest Condensed Select editions.
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Images, Issues, and Attacks explores important differences between incumbents and challengers in the uses of televised advertising in modern presidential elections..
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