31.   One analyst calls the Democratic seat held by Sen. Howell Heflin among the most vulnerable to a GOP takeover.

32.   Polls show that Democratic seats in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Oklahoma and Virginia, and a second one in Tennessee, could go either way.

33.   President Bill Clinton nominated Kennard Friday for an open Democratic seat at the agency, and he has broad bipartisan support on Capitol Hill.

34.   Republican leaders consider Nevada one of their best chances nationally to turn a formerly Democratic seat their way.

35.   Republicans defeated one incumbent, freshman Democrat Mike Ward of Kentucky, and picked up five open Democratic seats, four in the South.

36.   Republicans see a chance to pick up one Democratic seat and are pouring millions of dollars into the state to protect their most vulnerable seats.

37.   Republicans also protected Democratic seats in Arkansas and Nebraska.

38.   Republicans captured six Democratic seats in Washington state that year.

39.   Republicans picked up at least one Democratic seat in Pennsylvania.