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Summary
Summary
How do sleepy congressional campaigns become heated battles? What happens behind the scenes during pivotal moments? Sam Garrett explores the dynamic process of electioneering by focusing on the insights and activities of political professionals: the consultants, party officials, staffers, and others who make a career out of campaigning. As his analysis makes clear, how these experts handle crises - be they real, imagined, or manufactured by or for the competition - often shapes electoral outcomes. Garrett explores how political professionals navigate crises over the course of congressional campaigns.
Author Notes
R. Sam Garrett is a research fellow at American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, as well as an analyst for the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress.
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Given the expansive academic literature on congressional elections, is there anything new readers can learn from yet another study on this subject? Garrett, a fellow at American University, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, as well as an analyst at the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service, answers this question with a resounding "yes." His book focuses on an aspect of the congressional campaign process often missed by scholars. Drawing on the insights and activities of campaign professionals in four Senate races, Garrett seeks to determine what happens when a conventional campaign encounters "a pivotal moment." Thus, Garrett's central focus is on the ability of a candidate's campaign organization to adapt to unexpected events such as marital, legal, or financial problems. He maintains these strategic decisions determine whether a campaign will be won or lost. Here is an informative, enlightening case study of an overlooked aspect of congressional elections. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels. E. C. Dreyer emeritus, University of Tulsa
