Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248) and index.
Civil discourse derailed, or the invasion of th body (Politic) snatchers in Connecticut 2 / Paul Patterson -- "Accentuating the positive": personality, polling, and party in Kansas 3 / Burdett A. Loomis -- Partisanship trumps incumbency in Maryland's 8th district / Marni Ezra -- A three-peat in the 2nd Congressional District race in Minnesota / John S. Shockley -- Riding your record: candidate qualifications and discourse in North Carolina's 8th district / Patrick Sellers -- "Nice guys finish last," and other possible untruths about congressional election / Kelly D. Patterson -- "The Virginian" versus "The Little Mexican": the 2002 race in Arizona 1 / James I. Bowie and Frederic I. Solop -- Down to the wire: Colorado United States House District 7 / Andrew E. Busch -- A campaign about campaign discourse: Maine's 2nd district / Richard J. Powell -- The mayor becomes a congressman: protecting a lead wins big in Ohio's 3rd congressional district / Clyde Brown -- Contrary to Tip O'Neill, all politics is not local / John S. Jackson III -- Turning a "no win" race into a win: Democrat Tim Holden beats the other George W. (Gekas), in Pennsylvania's 17th / Stephanie Greco Larson -- A cataclysmic campaign for the Minnesota Senate / Daniel Hofrenning, Janelle Sagness and Julie Gunderson -- Racing in the shadows: the 2002 Texas Senate Race / Cherie Maestas -- Tightly contested everywhere but the ballot box: the 2002 campaign for United States Senate in Maine / Mark D. Brewer -- A civil campaign in a competitive state: the 2002 North Carolina U.S. Senate election / Charles Prysby