A supplementary text for courses in American Government. The 2006 Election Update gives your students the most up-to-the-minute coverage of the 2006 election. It provides information and analysis on the context of the election campaign, and data showing the election results. In a brief, readable format, students will have enough information on the latest elections to make sense of the campaign and of its impacts.

Outline
I.
The Setting (major national and state themes that recurred during the 2006 campaign.
Iraq and the war on terror--i.e., the way the parties and candidates have brought up this in the campaign--will be a major part of this section, as will be the struggle to control both chambers of Congress)
II.
The Results (a summary of the outcome at all levels and the overall meaning of the outcome)
III. The Congress (summary of the overall results as to control of the House and Senate
coverage of specific races of national interest)
IV.
State Results (governorships and state legislatures--changes in partisan control, impact on national politics, specific races of national interest)
V.
Conclusions (what it all may mean for national policy and for the 2008 elections)
VI.
Appendices (tables on the partisan composition of the US House and Senate and state governorships)
VII.
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