11.   The first nominating contests will not occur until February.

12.   The first presidential nominating contests, in Iowa and New Hampshire, are a year away.

13.   The New Hampshire outcome is likely to narrow the choices for voters in Texas and other states that will hold nominating contests in the next several weeks.

14.   Wilson, who supports abortion rights, was also in some ways more moderate than the electorate that controls the early nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

15.   In Washington, President Clinton praised Bradley and the tenor of the Democratic nominating contest in general.

16.   Meanwhile, a poll released Tuesday showed Gore and Bradley in a close race in Iowa, which holds the first presidential nominating contest in January.

17.   That made Michigan, a classic swing state in general election campaigns, a critical battlefield in the nominating contest, as well.

18.   That made Michigan, a classic swing state in general election campaigns, a critical battlefield in the nominating contest.