Congressional Challengers: Candidate Quality in U.S. Elections to Congress

by Costas Panagopoulos

Book Overview

In this book, Costas Panagopoulos examines patterns of candidate emergence in congressional elections over the past five decades-specifically, the quality of challengers who seek to unseat U.S. House incumbents, as measured by prior political experience. Panagopoulos demonstrates that fewer and fewer experienced challengers have tossed their hats into the ring since the early 1970s. Inexperienced candidates often face electoral challenges that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036775441X
• ISBN13: 9780367754419
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"