Abstract
It's hardly worth getting out the crystal ball for the 1988 Congressional elections. Except for a handful of seats, incumbents are expected to retain their offices handily, in part because incumbents find it so much easier than their challengers to raise large war chests for their campaigns. Thus, no major changes are foreseen in the makeup of the Congressional committees that oversee science and technology issues, either in the House or Senate, but there will be some retirements and some interesting races that bear watching. Two years ago, the Republican Party lost its brief, six-year reign as the Senate's majority party when the Democrats regained control. Reasons behind the shift included the bad luck of having 22 (out of 34) Republican Senate seats up for reelection at one time and not having the powerful coattails of Ronald Reagan pulling some of the closer contests into the Republican column. This year, the Democrats go into the ...
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