31.   Davis himself, at a state Democratic convention here last week, ridiculed all three Republicans.

32.   Delegates to the state GOP convention, dominated by supporters of Ellen Craswell, deny Eikenberry and his allies slots as at-large delegates.

33.   Five showed up at the state GOP convention.

34.   For Ford, that means saying yes when a fellow Democrat, Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, asks him to speak at his state party convention.

35.   For several years, Texas conservatives who agree with the strict conservatism of the national convention had tried to take over the state convention.

36.   Former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, was being interviewed about getting noticed at the Democratic state convention this weekend in El Paso.

37.   Frumencio Reyes, a Gore delegate to the state party convention, said local voters often ask him what is happening to the party.

38.   Forbes will also deliver the keynote address this weekend at the state Republican convention in Anaheim.

39.   Friday night, McCain is scheduled to arrive in California, where he will address the state Republican Party convention in Burlingame Saturday afternoon.

40.   Generally, electors are nominated at the state conventions of the political parties.