1.   Both Democratic candidates were favored by a majority of black and Hispanic voters.

2.   A reliably Republican state, New Hampshire favors candidates who talk tough on taxes.

3.   Britain believes Trimble to be essential to progress in Ulster, and Prime Minister Tony Blair left no doubt Friday which candidate he favored.

4.   But precedent in New Jersey favors candidates who have run and lost.

5.   But the chairman, Samuel Kivuiti, denies that the effect of these problems was to favor one candidate over another.

6.   By law, the party cannot favor one candidate in a primary, but it can begin running ads against the incumbent governor.

7.   Chinese diplomats here say Beijing favors a candidate from the developing world.

8.   Equally in doubt is how much effect on voter turnout the proposition will have and whether the turnout will favor some candidates more than others.

9.   Election officials in Florida are still waiting for the arrival of an undetermined number of overseas absentee ballots, which both parties claimed could favor their candidate.

10.   He has expected the loss in the North Dakota caucuses, a format that favors a candidate with superior organization.