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Down ballot : how a local campaign became a national referendum on abortion / Patrick Wohl.

by Wohl, Patrick, 1994- author.

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Champaign, IL : 3 Fields Books, an imprint of the University of Illinois Press, [2024]

Mulligan, Rosemary, 1941-2014.

Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives -- Elections, 1990.

Republican Party (Ill.)

Contested elections -- Illinois.

Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States.

Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1951-

9780252045479 hardcover

0252045475 hardcover

9780252087585 paperback :

0252087585 paperback

183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Amendment XXVII -- Rosemary Mulligan -- Blood terrorists -- Henry Penny -- Two cents -- On the trail -- Raccoons, reporters, and rapists' rights -- GOTV -- Dimpled chads -- Heads or tails -- Rematch -- Talk of the town -- Goldwater girls.

"In 1990, a suburban Chicago race for the Republican Party nomination for state representative between Penny Pullen and Rosemary Mulligan unexpectedly became a national proxy battle over abortion in the United States. But the hard-fought primary also illustrated the overlooked importance of down-ballot contests in America's culture wars. Patrick Wohl offers the dramatic account of a rollercoaster campaign that, after attracting political celebrities and a media circus, came down to thirty-one votes, a coin toss to determine the winner, and a recount fight that set a precedent for how to count dimpled chads. As the story unfolds, Wohl provides a rare nuts-and-bolts look at an election for state office from its first days through the Illinois Supreme Court decision that decided the winner--and set the stage for a decisive 1992 rematch. A compelling political page-turner, Down Ballot takes readers behind the scenes of a legendary Illinois election"--

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