31.   Publisher Steve Forbes, a political newcomer who surged in the polls last month, faltered on caucus night and found himself in fourth.

32.   Romney, despite the image, was hardly a political newcomer.

33.   So the political newcomer quickly got off the stage.

34.   Spitzer is a political newcomer himself.

35.   Stockman, a political newcomer, attracted national attention after the bombing by disclosing that he had received a mysterious fax about the time of the blast.

36.   The chairman and a post commissioner lost to political newcomers.

37.   The bug has bitten political newcomer Victor Morales, the Democratic loser in the U.S. Senate race.

38.   The limits often make it difficult for political newcomers to raise money, while giving incumbents an edge because they can turn to political allies and lobbyists.

39.   The others were Robert Monks, an established political figure in Maine, and Susan Collins, a political newcomer.

40.   The wealthy political newcomer, who is paying his own way on the campaign trail, said he would continue to promote his centerpiece issue, a flat tax.