21.   Chernomyrdin was rejected in a first vote last Monday.

22.   C-SPAN is geared up for nonstop coverage of the campaign in Iowa, where the first votes will be tallied Monday night.

23.   Curiously, in his first vote as an independent, he voted against a Democratic proposal to encourage states to have stronger standardized tests in their schools.

24.   Daschle warned that the first substantive Senate vote of the impeachment trial may shatter the bipartisanship that has generally prevailed at the trial.

25.   Cunningham cast the first vote of his life in the primary this May, for himself.

26.   Even before the first vote was cast, an important clue to his legacy emerged, Jones said.

27.   Following the first vote two weeks ago, the runoff campaign has been subdued, but not by accident.

28.   For sure on the first vote, you will enter the Hall!

29.   Friday, even before the first House votes were cast on impeachment, White House aides were accusing Republicans of orchestrating a forceful resignation push.

30.   He acknowledged that his performance in Georgia would in large part be determined by how he does in the first votes.