Getting Primaried: The Changing Politics of Congressional Primary Challenges

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249 Index Note: In this index, an italic t following a page number denotes a table; an italic f following a page number denotes a figure. Abdnor, James, 99, 132t, 134t abortion, 75, 98, 152, 204 Abramowitz, Alan, 227n1, 230n21 access­oriented interest groups, 188, 192 Accountability Now, 5 ActBlue, 36 Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts (Canon), 42–44 AFL­CIO, 177–78 AFL­CIO COPE, 189t, 191t, 193t age­based challenges, 91–92 decline in vote share and, 158t expected consequences of, 145t, 148– 49, 232n4 in primary defeats, 156t in Senate primaries, 97, 99t, 169 shifts in voting behavior from, 164t See also competence challenges Akaka, Daniel, 99, 133t, 135t Alexander, Bill, 24–25, 26, 27, 227n1 Almanac of American Politics (Barone et al.), 31–34, 66, 68–72, 228n1 amateur candidates, 42–44, 219 ambitious challengers, 67t, 70, 154, 218 primary defeats and, 156t in Senate primaries, 99, 169 America Coming Together, 205 American Academy of Orthopaedic Sur­ geons, 193t, 194 American Airlines, 193t American Bankers Association, 191t American Conservative Union, 53 American Crossroads, 54, 205–6, 209 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AF­ SCME), 26, 189t, 191t American Federation of Teachers, 189t, 191t American Medical PAC, 188, 189t, 191t American Political Science Report of 1950, 208 American Postal Workers Union, 193t Americans for Democratic Action, 53 Americans for Legal Immigration, 184 Americans for Prosperity, 54, 205 America Votes (group), 53, 209 America Votes (publication), 66 Andrews, Rob, 130, 133t, 135t Angle, Sharron, 182, 198, 203, 221 Ansolabehere, Stephen on competitive primaries, 45–46, 48, 61, 64, 65, 217 on filing fees, 56 on general election competition, 150, 157 on the incumbency advantage, 47, 198 on Senate primary challenges, 141 Anthony, Beryl, 25 anti­incumbent sentiment, 18–19, 219–20 Ashbrook, John, 195 Association of Trial Lawyers, 189t, 191t Atkins, Chester, 25 250 | Index Automobile and Truck Dealers, 189t, 191t Bachmann, Michele, 17 ballot access rules, 56–57, 64, 72 Barlow, Edward, 76t Barnes, Craig, 31 Barone, Michael, 8–9 Barrow, John, 38 Bartlett, Roscoe, 76t, 84 Bass, Charles, 77t Baucus, Max, 5 behavioral consequences of primary challenges, 143–47, 149–54 See also consequences of primary chal­ lenges Bennet, Michael, 97, 133t, 135t, 171, 182, 235n2 Bennett, Robert, 5, 6, 57, 183, 217 Bennett, William, 59 Bentsen, Kent, 77t best­funded primary challenges, 124–29 Bilbray, Brian, 76t, 84 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), 54, 107, 149 fundraising restrictions of, 112, 117, 208–9 issue advocacy advertisement require­ ments of, 234n8 quasi­party organizations resulting from, 205, 208–9 Bird, Robert, 132t, 134t Black, Merle, 170 Blades, Joan, 200 blanket (jungle) primaries, 57–58, 72, 91t, 228n17 blogs, 175 Boatright, Robert G., 58, 100 Boehlert, Sherwood, 2, 76t, 77t, 84, 95– 96, 173 Boehner, John, 188, 229n5 Bond, Michael, 132t, 134t Bonner, Jo, 38, 39 Bono Mack, Mary, 38, 39 Boozman, John, 27–28 Boswell, Leonard, 37, 77t Boyd, Wes, 200 Bradley, Bill, 49 Brady, David W., 31, 47–48, 141 Broun, Paul, 77t Brown, Scott, 211–12 Browne, William, 206 Brownstein, Ronald, 6, 15, 131, 136 Buchler, Justin, 221 Buck, Ken, 182 Budde, Bernadette, 178–79 Bullock, Charles S., III, 220 Bumpers, Dale, 25, 99, 132t, 134t bundlers, 136–37, 138, 196, 198 Burden, Barry C., 150 Bush, George H. W., 141 Bush, George W., 1, 3, 54, 215 Business Industry PAC (BIPAC), 125, 178–79 busing, 75, 76–77t Byron, Beverly, 33 Byron, Goodloe, 77t Calvert, Ken, 70, 76t, 96 campaign finance regulations Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, 54, 107, 112, 117, 149, 205, 208– 9, 234n8 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision on, 195, 208–9, 223–24, 228n14, 234n8 individual contribution limits in, 112, 117 interest group expenditures in, 192–93 Campaign for Working Families, 193t Campbell, Ben, 132t, 134t Campbell, Tom, 32, 108, 111, 124, 231n5 candidate­centered elections, 23–24, 46, 47–48 candidate quality, 42, 94 Cannon, Chris, 76t, 77t, 78, 84 Canon, David, 42–44, 219, 229n13 cartel theory, 4 Carter, Jimmy, 30, 141 Carter, Karen R., 126t, 128 Case, Ed, 99, 133t, 135t Casey, Robert, 76t Castle, Mike, 123 Celler, Emanuel, 31 Index | 251 centrist challenges, 67t, 68, 74t, 92t, 99t, 145t, 151 decline in vote share from, 158t, 159 general election defeats from, 157 primary defeats from, 156t retirement as result of, 160, 161t, 162 shifts in voting behavior from, 164t See also ideological challenges Chafee, John, 132t...