Against Long Odds: Citizens Who Challenge Congressional Incumbents

by James L. Merriner and Thomas P. Senter

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275966429
• ISBN13: 9780275966423
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"