81.   There are no other significant statewide races on the ballot.

82.   These are largely Republican areas where Democrats must at least make a respectable showing to win statewide races.

83.   They also would benefit from a full slate of Republican legislators increasing GOP turnout just as Texas Democrats are trying to rebound in statewide races.

84.   This is a crucial factor for Clinton because she does not hold the dominating lead in New York City that a Democrat usually needs to carry a statewide race.

85.   To win statewide races, Democrats generally have to roll up huge majorities in New York City and avoid getting beaten too badly in the surrounding suburbs.

86.   Two of its leaders, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and General William Westmoreland, failed statewide races in Virginia and South Carolina.

87.   We look at the statewide races on this, the day when campaign season traditionally begins.

88.   Wisconsin Senator Russell Feingold similarly came from nowhere in his first statewide race to win.

89.   By contrast, most voters have not formed a strong opinion of Klink, who has never run a statewide race.

90.   Dominguez and other longtime Bureau of Elections officials could not recall a statewide race that went to the gaming table.