Background: RESOURCES

I. References

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  • (Chamberlain 2006). Lisa Chamberlain. “Tax Breaks Drive a Philadelphia Boom.” New York Times. Jan. 8, 2006.
  • (Clines 1999). Francis X. Clines. “Democrat wins in a squeaker election for mayor of Philadelphia.” New York Times. Nov. 4, 1999
  • (Committee of Seventy) The Committee of Seventy provides a database of election data. Extracted June 15, 2008. <http://www.Seventy.org/quick-links/past-elections/>
  • (CPI 1996). The Center for Public Integrity. “Arlen Specter.” The Buying of the President. 1996. Extracted June 15, 2008. <http://www.buyingofthepresident.org/index.php/archives/1996/53/>
  • (Croman 2008) John Croman.”Republican pastor to challenge Ellison in Congressional race.” KARE 11 News. March 2008.
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  • (Dao 2005). James Dao. “G.O.P., Democrats in Its Sights, Is Grooming Black Candidates.” New York Times. July 1, 2005.
  • (Davies 2007) Dave Davies. “City GOP: Alive but not kicking.” Philadelphia Daily News. Oct. 29, 2007.
  • (Dingell). John D. Dingell biogaphy. Extracted June 5, 2007. <http://www.house.gov/dingell/bio.shtml>
  • (Dunn 2007). Mike Dunn. KYW Newsradio. Nov. 7, 2007.
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  • (Gelbert 2007b). “Al Taubenberger: ‘I’ve got nothing to lose.” Philadelphia Inquirer. June 11, 2007
  • (Gimpel 2004). James G. Gimpel and Jason E. Schuknect. Patchwork Nation. University of Michigan Press. 2004
  • (Gregory 2006). Kia Gregory. “North by Northwest.” Philadelphia Weekly. March 1, 2006.
  • (Home Rule Charter) See online at <http://www.phila.gov/personnel/homerule/index.htm>
  • (Huber 2006). Robert Huber and Benjamin Wallace. The Philadelphia Reader. Temple University Press. 2006.
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  • (Infield 1999). Tom Infield. “A GOP stake in a Street win.” Philadelphia Inquirer. May 19, 1999.
  • (Jalonick 2002). Mary Clare Jalonick. “Bret Schundler’s Big Win.” Campaigns & Elections. 2002. Extracted June 15, 2008 <http://www.bretschundler.org/campaignsandelections0801.shtml>
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  • (Kerkstra 2007). Patrick Kerkstra. “Progressives a-blog about Nutter-Brady.” Philadelphia Inquirer. Heard in the Hall. Dec. 10, 2007.
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  • (Kostelni 2003). Natalie Kostelni and Larry Rulison. “Carpenters union to back Katz for mayor.” Philadelphia Business Journal. Sept. 16, 2003.
  • (Kranish 2007). Michael Kranish. “4 GOP candidates’ decision to skip black forum seen hurting party in ’08.” Boston Globe. Sept. 19, 2007.
  • (Kraus 2005). Jeffrey Kraus. A Tale of Two Cities Revisited. Pennsylvania Legislative. 2005.
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  • (Lopez 1995). Steve Lopez. Land of Giants. Camino Books Inc. 1995
  • (Lucey 2007). Catherine Lucey. “Starting today, he’s in the race.” Philadelphia Daily News. Jan. 25 2007.
  • (Mayoral Election Totals). See online at <http://www.phila.gov/PHILS/Mayorlst.htm>
    (McCaffery 1993). Peter McCaffery. When Bosses Ruled Philadelphia: The Emergency of the Republican Machine, 1867-1933. 1993. The Pennsylvania State University Press. University Park.
  • (McWhorter 2006) John McWhorter. “Letter to the GOP.” The New York Sun. Nov. 16, 2006.
  • (Mikell 2007) E-mail correspondence with Dr. Ray S. Mikell. University of New Orleans. May 25, 2007. See Interview information below.
  • (Mishak 2004). Michael J. Mishak. “City’s top political watchdog to step down.” Chestnut Hill Local. Dec. 16, 2004.
  • (Namako 2007). Tom Namako. “What about Al?” Philadelphia City Paper. May 16, 2007.
  • (New York Times 1992). New York Times. “Jersey City’s mayor-elect gets ready to battle anew.” New York Times. Nov. 5, 1992.
  • (Passarella 2006). Gina Passarella. “Philadelphia Republican Party GC moving to Wolf Block.” The Legal Intelligencier. Jan. 26, 2006.
  • (PBJ 2003). Philadelphia Business Journal. “AFSCME union endorses Katz.” Philadelphia Business Journal. Oct. 15, 2003.
  • (Philadelphia Historic Census) See attached.
  • (Quinnipiac 2006). Quinnipiac University. “Rendell Leads Swann By 10 Points In Gov Race.” April 5, 2006.
  • (Reichley 1959). James Reichley. The Art of Government: Reform and Organization Politics in Philadelphia. 1959. The Fund for the Republic, Inc. New York
  • (Republican Registrations).
    • Bucks and Delaware Counties – Jeanne Cummings. “Dem voter surge could cut Clinton margin.” Politico. April 21, 2008.
    • Chester County – Cumulative Election Results. Extracted July 16, 2008. <dsf.chesco.org/election/lib/election/results/cumf.htm>
    • Montgomery County Derrick Nunnally. “A first: Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in Montgomery County.” Philadelphia Inquirer. April 6, 2008.
  • (SFRP) San Francisco Republican Party Web site. Extracted June 15, 2008. <http://www.sfgop.com>
  • (Shaheeli 2007). Joe Shaheeli. “Is GOP heading for a Civil War?: Meehan faces house revolt.” Philadelphia Public Record. July 26, 2007.
  • (Stevens 1987). William K. Stevens. “Turnout seen as key in Philadelphia mayoral vote.” New York Times. Nov. 2, 1987.
  • (Walters 2007). Patrick Walters. “Weak Party-building behind Philly GOP.” Associated Press. Feb. 23, 2007.
  • (Warner 2008). Bob Warner. “Red lights mean green for GOP.” Philadelphia Daily News. March 18, 2008.
  • (WHYY 2007). The Next Mayor. Citywide Election Results. Extracted March 9, 2008. <http://www.thenextmayor.com/nov_results/results.html>
  • (Zausner 1999). Robert Zausner. “Katz team takes in, spends thousands.” Philadelphia Inquirer. June 9, 1999.