1.   Andrews has won the support of five county leaders, mostly from South Jersey.

2.   As the economic pillars of oil and agriculture have crumbled, county leaders have formed an economic development board and tried to come up with viable alternatives.

3.   As the suburbs prospered and the city declined, county political leaders were able to dominate city jobs, services and contracts.

4.   Both Powers and Pataki support Treadwell, and county leaders are expected to choose him next week.

5.   But Andrews, of Haddon Heights, has the backing of county leaders throughout southern New Jersey, which he has represented in Congress for the last seven years.

6.   But even if the county leaders settle on a nominee, several candidates insist they will run anyway.

7.   But federal money is tracked more easily, and many county leaders contend that they have been shortchanged in that.

8.   But the most responsible posture for the county leaders to take is to make county government an even bigger bargain.

9.   Clarence Norman Jr., who as county leader appoints the Brooklyn Democratic commissioner to the Board of Elections, backed Michael H. Feinberg.

10.   Corzine met with scores of Democratic county leaders, and advocates on environmental, civil rights and union issues.