1.   Unofficial returns and television network projections showed Bush beating McCain in California, New York, Ohio, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri and Maine.

2.   Television projections indicated the left had the lead in percentage of votes but was not yet assured a majority of seats.

3.   Television projections indicated the left led in percentage of votes but was not yet assured a majority of seats.

4.   Television projections were expected as soon as polls closed, and official figures were expected later in the evening.

5.   Early television projections put Dole out front in North Dakota, one of three states up for grabs Tuesday in the Republican nomination race.

6.   The television projections gave Dole the nod in the latest state poll for the right to challenge President Bill Clinton in November.

7.   President Bill Clinton took a large step towards re-election Tuesday, winning the key states of Florida and Ohio, according to television projections.

8.   Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto was assured of comfortably winning his seat in his home district in Okayama in western Japan, according to television projections Sunday.

9.   Republicans Tuesday strengthened their hold on the US Senate, taking four previously Democratic-held seats and losing one to the Democrats, according to television projections.

10.   Senate leader Bob Dole declared victory in the race for the Republican nomination Tuesday, as television projections showed him the winner in the key California election.