21.   But not long after he lost narrowly to the Democratic incumbent, Dianne Feinstein, the Huffingtons separated and then divorced.

22.   But state Rep. Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington, who campaigned against Laney and other Democratic incumbents this year, said the cooperation can be misleading.

23.   But the Democratic incumbents may be more vulnerable.

24.   But she is often described as a potential spoiler for Weld, who needs conservative votes to oust Kerry, the Democratic incumbent.

25.   But the three-member LRB majority also seemed to try to unseat as many Democratic incumbents as possible.

26.   But those restrictions did not seem quite so critical once the Democratic incumbents were out of power.

27.   Cellucci attended fund-raisers for Democratic incumbents.

28.   Compared to the rest of the country, voters in Colorado were gentle to their Democratic incumbents, re-electing their governor and two longtime members of Congress.

29.   Democratic incumbents Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston faces five opponents and Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas is running against seven other candidates.

30.   Democratic incumbents are pulling ahead in several states where Republicans were given a good shot at taking seats a few weeks ago.