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Election Night: Analyzing the Results, continues a time-honored CMC tradition at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum with a special election night menu and well-seasoned faculty commentary as guests watch the returns together on big-screen. As part of Tuesday's program, Professors Andrew Busch and Ken Miller will answer questions and lead discussions on the all the night's races, from the White House and Congress, to statewide and local initiatives.

Busch, associate professor of government, joined the faculty this fall from the University of Denver's political science department, where he received the Teacher-Scholar of the Year award in 2002. His research interests include American elections and public policy and the Reagan presidency. He is the author of seven books, including: The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election, and Horses in Midstream: U.S. Midterm Elections and Their Consequences, 1894-1998. Busch received his bachelor's degree in political science and history from the University of Colorado, and his Ph.D. in government from the University of Virginia.

Miller, assistant professor of government, joined CMC last year. A nationally recognized expert in direct democracy and representative government, Miller is a graduate of Harvard Law School and earned a doctorate in political science at UC Berkeley. He is a 1985 graduate of Pomona College and an alumnus of the CMC Washington Program, during which he interned for Congressman David Dreier '75, CMC Trustee. Miller is the author of The Populist Legacy: Initiatives and the Undermining of Representative Government, and the forthcoming paper, The Davis Recall and the Courts.

Due to the popularity of the Nov. 2 Athenaeum event, the dinner portion of Election Night will be limited to CMC persons only.