Professor Wellstone Goes to Washington : The Inside Story of a Grassroots U.S. Senate Campaign

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This engaging account of Wellstones campaign, written by two political reporters, provides a behind-the-scenes look at a memorable chapter in U.S. Senate campaign history, which saw a liberal college professor become the only Senate challenger to unseat an incumbent in 1990.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGrath, Dennis J.
Other Authors: Smith, Dane
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wellstone, Paul David
Wellstone, Paul David.
United States. > Congress. > Senate
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Elections, 1990.
Politics and government.
Elections
Élections > Minnesota > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Elections > Minnesota > History > 20th century.
Minnesota
Minnesota > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Minnesota > Politics and government > 1951-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 DREAMS AND SCHEMES: Looking to 1990 Crashing the Party; 2 FINDING A HOME ON THE RANGE: Russian Roots Political Awakening To Minnesota Locking Up the Range; 3 SHAPING THE AGENDA: Campaign Themes Critiquing the Eighties; 4 MUSTERING THE CREW: First Campaign Manager The Perfect Volunteer Second Campaign Manager Focusing on the Caucuses; 5 FERTILIZING THE GRASS ROOTS: Dialing for Delegates Passing the Hat Squaring Off with the Suits; 6 EARNING THE ENDORSEMENT: Converting the Kaplans Labor Rallies An Anxious Hierarchy.

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