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1 online resource (225 pages) |
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Incumbents don't lose. So how did nationally prominent House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lose a primary battle to college professor David Brat, an unknown political rookie? In Slingshot: The Defeat of Eric Cantor, authors Lauren Cohen Bell, David Elliot Meyer and Ronald Keith Gaddie take advantage of exceptional behind-the-scenes access to the Brat campaign to explain the challenger's victory. They examine the essential need for elected officials to maintain strong support in their home districts and just how Cantor's focus on climbing the party ranks in Washington contributed to his loss. The |
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Print version record |
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Cantor, Eric, 1963-
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Brat, David Alan, 1964-
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Brat, David Alan, 1964- fast |
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Cantor, Eric, 1963- fast |
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United States. Congress. House -- Elections, 2014
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United States. Congress. House fast |
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Campaign management -- Virginia -- Case studies
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Political campaigns -- Virginia -- Case studies
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Political candidates -- Virginia
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Campaign management
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Elections
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Political campaigns
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Political candidates
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Politics and government
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Virginia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Virginia
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Case studies
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Electronic book
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Meyer, David Elliot
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Gaddie, Ronald Keith
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| ISBN |
9781506311944 |
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1506311946 |
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