1.   In Connecticut, where the outgoing Democratic governor declined to run, a former liberal Republican senator, Lowell Weicker, won the contest as an independent.

2.   Among its possible appointees are William Winter, a former Democratic governor of Mississippi, and John Hope Franklin, an eminent African American historian.

3.   And Gov. Evan Bayh of Indiana is to deliver the keynote address, featured as a young can-do Democratic governor in something of the Clinton mold.

4.   And he came back triumphant, not only the Democratic governor of Washington but the first Asian-American governor ever in the mainland United States.

5.   And Parris Glendening, the Democratic governor of Maryland, has canceled an October fund-raising appearance with Clinton, fearing it could backfire on his tenuous bid for re-election.

6.   And last week six Democratic southern governors, told USA Today they agreed with him.

7.   And local politicians, including the Democratic governor, Jeanne Shaheen, who pushed for the experiment, have basked in the resulting good will.

8.   Barnes leads the next largest state with a Democratic governor.

9.   A Democratic governor was unseated by a Republican.

10.   A Democratic governor is a rare thing in the Granite State.