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Author/Creator:Wohl, Patrick, 1994- author.
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Title:Down Ballot : How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion / Patrick Wohl.
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ISBN:9780252055096
9780252087585
9780252045479
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Publication:Champaign, IL : 3 Fields Books, an imprint of the University of Illinois Press, [2024]
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Manufacture: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
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Copyright notice date: ©[2024]
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Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations ;
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Links:Online book
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Summary:"In 1990, a suburban Chicago race for the Republican Party nomination for state representative between Penny Pullen and Rosemary Mulligan unexpectedly became a national proxy battle over abortion in the United States. But the hard-fought primary also illustrated the overlooked importance of down-ballot contests in America's culture wars. Patrick Wohl offers the dramatic account of a rollercoaster campaign that, after attracting political celebrities and a media circus, came down to thirty-one votes, a coin toss to determine the winner, and a recount fight that set a precedent for how to count dimpled chads. As the story unfolds, Wohl provides a rare nuts-and-bolts look at an election for state office from its first days through the Illinois Supreme Court decision that decided the winner--and set the stage for a decisive 1992 rematch. A compelling political page-turner, Down Ballot takes readers behind the scenes of a legendary Illinois election"--
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Variant and related titles:Project MUSE complete collection 2024.
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Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Contents:Amendment XXVII -- Rosemary Mulligan -- Blood terrorists -- Henry Penny -- Two cents -- On the trail -- Raccoons, reporters, and rapists' rights -- GOTV -- Dimpled chads -- Heads or tails -- Rematch -- Talk of the town -- Goldwater girls.
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Subjects:Mulligan, Rosemary, 1941-2014.
Pullen, Penny.
Republican Party (Ill.)
Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives--Elections, 1990.
Republican Party (Ill.)
Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Abortion--Political aspects--United States.
Contested elections--Illinois.
Politics and government
Elections
Contested elections
Abortion--Political aspects
Illinois--Politics and government--1951-
United States
Illinois
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