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Political science

a politician's desire to move up to a higher office than the one currently held, weighed against the risk of losing the current seat.

In political science, progressive ambition refers to a politician's desire to move up to a higher office than the one currently held, weighed against the risk of losing the current seat. This meaning comes from Rohde (1979) in American Journal of Political Science.[1]

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Rohde, D. W. (1979). Risk-Bearing and Progressive Ambition: The Case of Members of the United States House of Representatives. American Journal of Political Science, 23(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/2110769

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