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Contents List of Tables ix List of Figures x Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 History of U.S. House Elections 13 3 Institutional Change and Candidate Behavior 27 4 Exploring Historic and Modern Election Trends 56 5 The Politics of Candidate Emergence 82 6 The Incumbency Advantage in House Elections 116 7 Conclusions 139 Notes 149 References 157 Index 167 ...

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