21.   But Jeanne Shaheen, the Democratic governor of New Hampshire, will also be facing a rival from her own party this campaign season.

22.   But many said they were relieved that a mean-spirited campaign season had come to an end.

23.   But in a late-summer campaign season with little thunder and lightning, Sharpton is a tsunami.

24.   But many other states have scheduled early primaries to gain influence in the critical early days of the campaign season.

25.   But in this campaign season of two wonky and highly race-conscious Democrats, such desirable African-American scholars get quickly booked up.

26.   But once it also served another useful function, marking the beginning of election campaign season.

27.   But President Clinton could not resist weighing in Wednesday on the first political campaign season in decades that did not directly involve him.

28.   But the great-grandmother who once trembled when speaking to crowds vows to take her reform crusade through the political campaign season.

29.   But these are, at heart, defense bulwarks, holding back the memories that he knows the world will not forget as another campaign season looms.

30.   But the supercharged politics of the campaign season will make it difficult for any tax cuts to be enacted before a new president and Congress take office next year.