11.   In New Mexico, the party is also backing candidates for lieutenant-governor, treasurer, land commissioner, and a congressional seat.

12.   On the national scene, the party backed the presidential campaigns of Barry Goldwater, Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan.

13.   One measure meant to end political meddling in the appointment of judges died recently when President Jacques Chirac could not get his party to back it.

14.   Smaller Muslim parties have backed him, suggesting that religion could end up a deciding factor in a country that has long divided religion from state.

15.   The party also backed down from a proposal to transform the postal savings and insurance systems into private entities.

16.   The party bosses are backing Bush, but McCain battles on to give the federal government back to the people, he says.

17.   The party is now backing Luis R. Sepulveda, a lawyer who, in happier times, ran campaigns for both the Espadas.

18.   Opposition parties have backed a proposal to reject the budget outright and to send it back to the government for revision.

19.   Opposition political parties backed the decision to place the bank under curatorship.

20.   A few days earlier, his party backed TDP lawmaker G.M.C. Balayogi in the race for speaker of parliament, ensuring his victory.