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49-5353JK19682011-30732 CIP
Social & Behavioral Sciences \ Political Science \ U.S. Politics
The Roads to Congress, 2010, ed. by Sean D. Foreman and Robert Dewhirst.  Lexington Books, 2011.  269p index afp; ISBN 9780739169445, $70.00; ISBN 9780739169452 e-book, contact publisher for price. Reviewed in 2012may CHOICE.
With 435 House districts and 50 states, there are many "roads to Congress." This is the latest installment in a series that stretches back at least a decade. Essays in this volume focus on campaigns for House and Senate seats during the 2010 election cycle. Case studies focus on the districts or states, candidates, campaigns, and events that led to the electoral outcome in each case. Seven essays focus on House races and seven on Senate races, geographically dispersed across the US. The underlying assumption of the entire series is that local context matters and congressional campaigns matter, shaping how members of Congress arrive on Capitol Hill. Ironically, the 2010 electoral cycle was largely shaped by the national context: the Obama presidency, the state of the economy, and the Tea Party revolt. This volume is particularly valuable for teaching undergraduate courses that focus on campaigns and elections. The skillfully written case studies will engage students in the hurly-burly world of politics and the factors that shape elections. Practitioners may gain some insight from comparisons among different races, and political junkies will find the book to be a fascinating read. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers; undergraduate students and above. -- S. Q. Kelly, California State University Channel Islands

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