31.   If he fails, Bush would become the first Texas governor to serve during four consecutive legislative sessions.

32.   If so, he would be the first Asian American governor of a mainland state.

33.   In winning last year, Johnson became the first governor of New Mexico to win a second consecutive four-year term.

34.   Martinez became the first PRI governor to reclaim a state from an opposition party.

35.   Musgrove will succeed Gov. Kirk Fordice, who has served two terms and was the first Republican governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction.

36.   More than anything about the man himself, Barnes is the first suburban governor because of what the suburbs expect of him.

37.   Observers say Cellucci will apparently become the first governor in state history to select a majority for the seven-member bench.

38.   One case in point was Mariano Rubio, the first governor of the Bank of Spain appointed by Gonzalez.

39.   Once sworn into office, Bush will become the first Texas governor elected to back-to-back, four-year terms.

40.   Pataki will be the first governor since at least early this century to have so little political or personal connection to the sidewalks of New York.