This Splendid Game Maine Campaigns and

This Splendid Game offers a unique close-up examination of seminal U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and gubernatorial elections--and one referendum vote--in Maine. Potholm focuses especially on the dynamics of candidates' and groups' use of polling and the media.

Christian P. Potholm is Professor of Government at Bowdoin College.

Foreword	p. ix
This Splendid Game	p. 1
The 1940s: Margaret Chase Smith vs. Adrian Scolten	p. 13
The 1950s: Edmund S. Muskie vs. Burton M. Cross	p. 33
The 1960s: Kenneth M. Curtis vs. James S. Erwin	p. 61
The 1970s: William S. Cohen vs. Elmer Violette	p. 95
The 1980s: The Maine Yankee Referendum	p. 137
The 1990s: Angus King vs. Joseph E. Brennan vs. Susan Collins	p. 165
The Case for Campaigns	p. 209
Notes	p. 215
Index	p. 227
About the Author	p. 243
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This Splendid Game Maine Campaigns and Elections, 1940-2002

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