Lecture notes for 4/23/99

The campaigning beings in the primaries during the summer before the election.
     -20% turnover in membership every two years
          -Reasons for turnover:
               -Retirement
               -Legislator wishes to run for another office
               -Legislator gets defeated in primaries or in the actual election
     -80% get reelected
     -State campaigns are similar to federal campaigns.
     -Things that affect a campaign
          -Campaign money received from interest groups and individuals
          -Name recognition
          -Media exposure
          -Incumbent casework (basically increasing a person's recognition by saying
               how he or she has benefited the citizens)
          -Challenger quality
          -Redistricting
     -Currently 16 Republicans and 15 Democrats in the Senate & 72 Republicans and
          78 Democrats in the House
          -Split party control (turnaround in the last 10 years...see previous lecture)