Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 60

Essay

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Tiberius Gracchus

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Definitions:

Incumbents

Current holders of a political office or position.

Open-seat Contests

Electoral races without an incumbent, typically characterized by more candidates and often more competitive than races with incumbents.

Campaign Reform

Efforts and policies aimed at improving the fairness, transparency, and accountability of political campaigning and financing.

Soft-money Contributions

Unregulated, indirect contributions made to political parties for general support purposes, not directly tied to the endorsement of specific candidates, which became more restricted in U.S. politics by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.