111.   But the state has a Republican governor, one Republican senator and a streak of cultural conservativism.

112.   But the Republican governors have made some good points that deserve to be heard in Washington.

113.   But then Bush might be just one of a pack of appealing Republican governors if he were not the offspring of a former president.

114.   But this bill was put together with the full knowledge and the full support of the Republican governors.

115.   But two other Republican governors were ousted.

116.   But the two-day meeting among House Republican leaders last week included long discussions with some Republican governors, including John Engler of Michigan.

117.   But with Dole expected to do well in Iowa, the Republican governor has been under heavy pressure from the Dole campaign to provide an early boost.

118.   By this example, a Republican governor tarred by opponents as risky and extremist defeated a nationally known quantity who was regarded as perhaps a little dull and pious.

119.   Can it be that in such a Democratic redoubt, a Republican mayor and Republican governor are sailing toward easy re-election this year and next?

120.   Career health officials have been left to defend their department and practices that took shape under two Republican governors.