Slurge
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In the political science of the United States Congress, slurge is the arithmetic mean of retirement slump and sophomore surge. The term was coined by John Alford and David R. Brady in a 1988 academic paper.
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Alford, John and David R. Brady, 1988, Partisan and Incumbent Advantages in U.S. House Elections, 1846-1986, Working Paper No. 11, Center for the Study of Institutions and Values, Rice University.