11.   Any passenger can request and get an open seat at the airport ticket counter or at the gate.

12.   At the end of the day, computers run the numbers and match the highest bidders with the number of open seats.

13.   Because incumbency plays no role in the fight for open seats, change is most likely to come there.

14.   Better to have a respected incumbent in place to defend the office than to have to compete as one of a crowded field of aspirants for an open seat.

15.   Both national parties, their sights set mainly on redistricting, thought they saw special opportunity there since open seats are generally easier to go after than occupied seats.

16.   -- In Texas, Democrat Ken Bentsen, nephew of Treasury Secretary and former Senator Lloyd Bentsen, is running for the open seat of Rep. Mike Andrews.

17.   Accordingly, when the time comes to vote, each unit owner is entitled to vote one share for each open seat on the board.

18.   After all, legislators must consider what the chances are that there will be an open Congressional seat when they are forced out of their state jobs.

19.   After two terms in the state Senate he ran for an open congressional seat, winning a runoff in the Democratic primary.

20.   All eyes were on Texas in terms of open seats, where six previously held by Democrats were up for grabs.