1.   And the current governor, Tom Ridge, is a Republican.

2.   And what of presidential prospects for current governors?

3.   Ashcroft served two terms as governor and faces a challenge from the current governor, Mel Carnahan, in his bid for re-election next year.

4.   A celebration is planned in which the nine people who desegregated Central High be escorted to the school and the current governor will open the door for them.

5.   But the opportunity to do more is there, as suggested by the career path of the current governor.

6.   Cuomo said that was one of the main factors he was taking into account in drawing the negative contrast between the current governor and the former mayor.

7.   Despite the tendency of whites to vote Republican, some Democrats, including Jim Hodges, the current governor, have broken through.

8.   For the current Texas governor and for his successors, good foreign policy is essential as the world gets smaller and our economic interdependence with Mexico grows larger.

9.   Gray Davis, the current governor of California, has so far been the second.

10.   Her name would appear first on the ballot under state law because the current governor is a Republican.