41.   Gephardt could also help Gore capture Missouri, a swing state that might be influenced by having a favorite son on the ticket.

42.   Gore returned to this hilly industrial pocket of an important swing state Thursday having turned around, at least for now, what had been a struggling campaign.

43.   George W. Bush has lost some ground to Al Gore in Ohio, considered a swing state in the fall election, a new poll shows.

44.   Gore is hoping, according to ABC, that his gun control message will strike a chord in New Jersey, considered an election day swing state.

45.   He came because it is in a vote-rich region of swing states that he and Republican candidate Bob Dole need.

46.   He denies that was his motive, saying he did not campaign especially hard in swing states, though he did visit Florida in the final week.

47.   He suggested that the film be shown during the final week of October in the television markets covering swing states.

48.   He was also a Democrat from a swing state in a presidential election year.

49.   Howe said Ohio Democrats will leave the convention energized to work at carrying their critical swing state.

50.   Ickes said pivotal swing states still include New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, even though polls show Clinton with a lead in all of them.