1.   Most politicians expect the race to pit Democratic Rep. Jack Reed against Republican State Treasurer Nancy Mayer.

2.   So the race pitted two Yoruba candidates against each other, Obasanjo and Olu Falae, a former finance minister.

3.   That race pitted Bush against Ms. Richards, herself a recovering alcoholic who also had faced unsubstantiated accusations of cocaine use in the Democratic primary.

4.   That race pitted Bush against Ms. Richards, herself a reformed alcoholic who also had faced unsubstantiated allegations in the Democratic primary of cocaine use.

5.   That race pits the state insurance commissioner, Deborah Senn, against former Rep. Maria Cantwell, an Internet executive.

6.   The general election race now pits Ms. Burstein against Dennis Vacco, a former U.S. attorney in Buffalo.

7.   The other seven gubernatorial races Tuesday pitted incumbents against challengers, and the incumbents all seemed to be holding their own.

8.   The race pits Doreen Banks, a Democratic councilwoman from North Hempstead, against Michael Balboni, a Republican assemblyman from Mineola.

9.   The race pits an aggressive ex-prosecutor against a more reserved, longtime Republican lawmaker.

10.   The race pitted Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi against Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming.