21.   If Green loses, it will be due in part to the continued fallout from his primary fight against Fernando Ferrer, the Bronx borough president.

22.   In a primary fight, Giuliani would have no ethnicity advantage over Lazio.

23.   In the past, Illinois Democrats have so ripped themselves apart in primary fights that they have been unable to regroup in time to win in the fall.

24.   It also brought to an end a sometimes bitter primary fight between two Democrats who once had been allies.

25.   It might be a shrewd strategic decision in a primary fight where there is little substantive disagreement.

26.   Jarding said some Democratic activists believe that the best thing that could happen to Gore is for him to face an aggressive primary fight.

27.   Mike McNulty suffered through a tough primary fight two years ago because he committed the sin of behaving like a moderate.

28.   Party chairmen usually remain neutral in primary fights, but Rendell has already endorsed Gore for president.

29.   Presidents rarely get involved in primary fights.