51.   Gore plans to deliver another policy speech today on education in his native Tennessee, another Southern state where he is locked in a tight race.

52.   GOP challengers were involved in tight races against incumbent Democrats holding the offices of land commissioner, railroad commissioner and state treasurer.

53.   Hahn faces a tight race with Republican two-term Assemblyman Steve Kuykendall, a businessman and military veteran.

54.   He was in a tight race from the start.

55.   However, several Democrats in tight races who voted against the Republican resolution also survived.

56.   However, there may be a few instances where extremely tight races are still undecided.

57.   His home state of Tennessee could go either way in the tight presidential race between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush.

58.   Howard Dean of Vermont and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire now find themselves locked in tight races with Republican opponents who are capitalizing on public opposition to court rulings.

59.   If Gore is defeated in such a tight race, some Democrats may be more inclined to entertain a Gore-Bush rematch in four years.

60.   If Weld is unresponsive, African-Americans can vote against him in what is likely to be a tight Senate race.