21.   Gov. Jeb Bush, a popular governor who is nonetheless regarded as something of a carpetbagger here, attended neither school.

22.   He may even benefit from the coattails of the popular Republican governor, George Pataki.

23.   He need only consult Dukakis to learn what fate can befall a popular governor who reaches for the brass ring and fails.

24.   He may also benefit greatly from the coattails of the popular Republican governor, George Pataki.

25.   He talked about the kind of bipartisanship that made him a popular governor in Texas, where the governor does not have much power.

26.   Here was a reasonably popular governor of an important state, Massachusetts, who was building a reputation as one of the leading moderates in the Grand Old Party.

27.   His likely foe at the time was Robert Docking, the popular Democratic governor.

28.   In some states, the Republicans are counting on popular governors at the top of the ticket to carry weak incumbents.

29.   In this year of political nastiness, George W. Bush ran a conspicuously clean campaign against Ann Richards, the popular Democratic governor of Texas.

30.   It seems like just about everyone is mad at Jeanne Shaheen, the popular Democratic governor with the shy smile, soft voice and granite gaze.