31.   Republicans need not worry about a costly, draining primary fight.

32.   Romney advisers said he had not intended to pick a running mate, since he had expected to be focused on a primary fight with Swift.

33.   The first was that a rancorous primary fight had left him short on both campaign funds and good will from voters.

34.   The Texas governor also revealed that his bitter and yet unfinished primary fight with McCain may have caused some long-lasting wounds.

35.   The White seat is also the focus of a nasty Democratic primary fight between Don Stuart, a former fisherman, and Jeffrey Coopersmith, a former prosecutor.

36.   They also note that the Democrats may face a bloody primary fight and that Democratic turnout may be down.

37.   They are all caught up in a primary fight over who will be elected to the local boards that regulate the casinos.

38.   U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli gained an edge last year because he did not face a primary fight, they say.

39.   Wheat never bounced back from an expensive, divisive primary fight with Jackson County Executive Marsha Murphy.

40.   White House officials apparently refuse to hire anyone suspected of having supported McCain during his bruising primary fight against Bush.