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QUESTION:
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Incumbent opposed/ unopposed - checkpoint
VALID_CODES:
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1. Running incumbent is unopposed
2. Running incumbent is opposed
MISSING_CODES:
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9. Washington D.C.; no Post IW; wrong district
identified (2000)
0. No incumbent running in CD
Inap. question not used
NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
1970, 1974 and 1976 data have been derived from VCF0902 (Q.V.).
Code 2 includes opposition from a non-major party candidate if his/her
name was on the candidate list.
Note that for districts where 2 incumbents were running due to
redistricting, neither of whom had previously represented R's location,
this variable has been coded 0.
1978 NOTE:
Several changes to data for type of House race from 1978 have been
made since previous release of the Cumulative Data File (see notes
VCF0902). As a result, VCF0904 and VCF0905 have been changed
accordingly.
1984 NOTE:
Corrections to original type of race data (SEE VCF0902) are not
reflected in VCF0903-905.
2004 NOTE:
The extent of the Texas redistricting prior to the 2004 election
produced House races with incumbents running in areas where he or
she had provided little or no prior representation, thus no Texas
candidate has been identified as a true incumbent (running or
retiring) for the new Texas districts (House type race 44-49).
WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a
TYPE:
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Numeric Dec 0
SOURCE_VARS:
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1978: 780196
1980: 800740
1982: 820006
1984: 840059
1986: 860230
1988: 880725
1990: 900248
1992: 923021
1994: 940017
1996: 960097
1998: 980065
2000: 000194
2002: 024500a
2004: 044502
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03