VOTE2.DES state district democ vote90 vote88 inexp90 chexp90 inexp88 chexp88 prtystr rptchall tenure lawyer linexp90 lchexp90 linexp88 lchexp88 incshr90 incshr88 cvote clinexp clchexp cincshr win88 win90 cwin Obs: 186 1. state state postal code 2. district U.S. Congressional district 3. democ =1 if incumbent democrat 4. vote90 incum. share two-party vote, 1990 5. vote88 incum. share two-party vote, 1988 6. inexp90 incum. camp. expends., 1990 7. chexp90 chal. camp. expends., 1990 8. inexp88 incum. camp. expends., 1988 9. chexp88 chal. camp. expends., 1988 10. prtystr % vote pres., same party, 1988 11. rptchall =1 if a repeat challenger 12. tenure years in H.R. 13. lawyer =1 if law degree 14. linexp90 log(inexp90) 15. lchexp90 log(chexp90) 16. linexp88 log(inexp88) 17. lchexp88 log(chexp88) 18. incshr90 100*(inexp90/(inexp90+chexp90)) 19. incshr88 100*(inexp88/(inexp88+chexp88)) 20. cvote vote90 - vote88 21. clinexp linexp90 - linexp88 22. clchexp lchexp90 - lchexp88 23. cincshr incshr90 - incshr88 24. win88 =1 by definition 25. win90 =1 if inc. wins, 1990 26. cwin win90 - win88