1.   Huntley refused to endorse any candidate who did not share his views on gun control.

2.   It was the first judicial election in a Decade in which political parties could endorse candidates.

3.   Almost every Democratic county organization has now endorsed a candidate in the race for the nomination to challenge Gov. Christie Whitman this fall.

4.   Although the Shooting Sports Foundation does not plan to endorse a candidate, its members are voicing support for Bush.

5.   Although his Committee on Effective School Governance was widely viewed as being allied with Riordan, it did not endorse candidates.

6.   Although many states frown on judges endorsing politicians, California judges are allowed to endorse judicial candidates.

7.   Although Gingrich did not endorse any candidate publicly, he let it be known that Mrs. Dunn was his choice, her supporters said.

8.   Although the Sierra Club endorses candidates, it does not rate their votes the way that the League of Conservation Voters does.

9.   And Lucy set a robustly partisan tone, although the NAACP cannot endorse candidates because of its tax exempt status.

10.   And no, she would not be endorsing any candidates who might seek to succeed her in Congress.