81.   One reason for the decline is the lack of support black candidates get from the national party, some former candidates and some black Republicans say.

82.   Other Republican leaders -- including former presidential candidate and Sen. Bob Dole -- are scheduled to follow.

83.   Owen has been compared with the former presidential candidate Walter Mondale, a Democrat who has positions that labor and liberals find impeccable, but who has little charisma.

84.   Potential successors like Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, and former presidential candidate, and now Krasnoyarsk Gov. Alexander Lebed are already marshalling campaign teams.

85.   Republican officials have touted Dole, a former presidential candidate who is a native of Salisbury and whose mother still lives in the state.

86.   Salmon later called former gubernatorial candidate and local businessman Eddie Basha who, along with his son, promised an unspecified amount of money.

87.   Schmidt then said he felt that conservative police chiefs around the country would not be able to support Potter, the former candidate recalled.

88.   Rumor has it that Eddie Basha, a former gubernatorial candidate and the new chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents, also may consider running.

89.   SEN. PHIL GRAMM A Texas Republican, and former presidential candidate, who voted for the bill.

90.   She was backed by Bob Dole, the former Republican presidential candidate and Senate majority leader.