VCF9055 Type of Senate Race

QUESTION:
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Type of Senate race - state of IW

VALID_CODES:
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12.  DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT-  REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER
13.  DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT-  OTHER CHALLENGER
14.  DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT-  UNOPPOSED
19.  DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT-  REPUBLICAN AND OTHER
       CHALLENGERS
21.  REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT-  DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER
23.  REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT-  OTHER CHALLENGER
24.  REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT-  UNOPPOSED
29.  REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT-  DEMOCRATIC AND OTHER
       CHALLENGERS
51.  DEMOCRATIC CAND UNOPPOSED (Democratic incumbent not
       running)
52.  REPUBLICAN CAND UNOPPOSED (Democratic incumbent not
       running)
55.  DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CANDS (Democratic
       incumbent not running)
59.  DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN AND OTHER CANDS (Democratic
       incumbent not running)
61.  DEMOCRATIC CAND UNOPPOSED (Republican incumbent not
       running)
62.  REPUBLICAN CAND UNOPPOSED (Republican incumbent not
       running)
65.  DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CANDS (Republican
       incumbent not running)
69.  DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN AND OTHER CANDS (Republican
       incumbent not running)
75.  DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CANDS (other incumbent not
       running)  
81.  2 DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS:  NO RACE IN STATE
82.  2 REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS:  NO RACE IN STATE
83.  1 DEMOCRATIC AND 1 OTHER INCUMBENT: NO RACE IN STATE
84.  1 REPUBLICAN AND 1 OTHER INCUMBENT: NO RACE IN STATE
85.  1 DEMOCRATIC AND 1 REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT: NO RACE IN
       STATE
95.  2 Senate elections in state [regular Senate election
       and special Senate election] (1992: CA ONLY; note
       that regular  Senate election is open race with 2
       nonincumbent candidates) (1994: TN ONLY)

MISSING_CODES:
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00.  Washington D.C.; no Post IW
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
Non-major-party candidates are not accounted for here unless they are
incumbents.
1984 NOTE:
1 case in Connecticut which was mistakenly coded 82 in the study data 
has been corrected to 85 here.  Also 1 case in Pennsylvania in 1984 
which was mistakenly coded 85 in the study data has been corrected to 
82 here.
2002 NOTE:
LA05 cases, where a Democratic incumbent was challenged by 2 
Republicans, has been coded to 12.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1978:  780005  
1980:  800741  
1982:  820007  
1984:  840010,840060
1986:  860044  
1988:  880012,880051
1990:  900059  
1992:  923022 
1994:  940018  
1996:  960098  
1998:  980066  
2000:  000204
2002:  024500b
2004:  044507