21.   But Restuccia, of Health Care for All, said the candidates are only trying to deal with political realities.

22.   By stretching out their announcement tours, candidates try to get more attention from the local press.

23.   By promising not to engage in negative campaigning, candidates try to persuade voters that they are above sinking into mud.

24.   Candidates tried to demonstrate their popularity by orchestrating events with cheering teen-agers waving placards.

25.   Campaigning this weekend will be crucial as the candidates try to woo voters, particularly the undecided.

26.   Candidates generally try to get at least double the required number of signatures to insure a spot on the ballot.

27.   Candidates try to seem real by striking poses.

28.   Campaign disclosures have clouded the images that both candidates have tried to project.

29.   Each candidate is trying to portray the other as an extremist.

30.   Each candidate tried yesterday to portray the other as bringing down the tone of the race.