VCF0908 Thermometer: Incumbent House Candidate

QUESTION:
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Running House incumbent candidate -- feeling thermometer

VALID_CODES:
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0 -100.   Degrees as given

MISSING_CODES:
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990.   Incumbent is not running
997.   R doesn't recognize name
998.   DK where to rate; can't judge
999.   NA; refused; no Post IW; abbrev. telephone
       IW (1984); Washington D.C.; short form IW (1992)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See question text and notes preceding VCF0201.
GENERAL NOTE:
Built from VCF0906,VCF0907.
2000 NOTE: 
Data for independent running incumbents (VT01 VT05) are included.
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:  782007  
1980:  800855,800856 
1982:  820132,820133  
1984:  840753,840754 
1986:  860136,860137  
1988:  880601,880602
1990:  900145,900146  
1992:  925311,925312 
1994:  940238,940239  
1996:  960278,960279 
1998:  980239,980240  
2000:  001298,001299,001303
2002:  025044,025045
2004:  044502, 045046, 045047