61.   Corruption was the main election issue for voters who celebrated her defeat by lighting firecrackers.

62.   Focus on guns, observers say, will shortchange education -- and any hope for either party to craft a voter-friendly message on the popular election issue.

63.   Foreign policy was not an election issue, with most candidates agreeing on EU membership.

64.   Foreign policy was not an election issue, with most candidates concentrating on the recession.

65.   Gasoline prices are emerging as an election year issue in the United States.

66.   He acknowledged that there would be a major political battle over the treaty within the US, and it might become an election issue there.

67.   He called on the governing Lavalas Family party and the opposition coalition, the Democratic Convergence, to participate in OAS mediation efforts to resolve election issues.

68.   He called on the government political party, Lavalas, and the opposition coalition, the Democratic Convergence, to participate in OAS mediation efforts to resolve election issues.

69.   He said Friday that corruption would likely be the key election issue.

70.   His Italian-born widow, Sonia, was chosen last year to lead the Congress Party, and the Bofors scandal remains an election issue.