101.   In between came the tenure of Richard Alarcon, who quit when he won the state Senate seat.

102.   In Labor, one big surprise was the success of an Ethiopian immigrant, Adisu Massala, in winning the seat reserved for new immigrants.

103.   In an eleventh hour bid to win the seat, Owens campaigned heavily in Flagstaff and on the Navajo Reservation.

104.   In other congressional races, one other Republican managed to win a seat that had been in Democratic hands.

105.   In the Senate, Voinovich won a seat from the Democrats, sweeping to victory against Mary Boyle, a former majority whip in the State House of Representatives.

106.   In the end, with a late endorsement from Burke and backing from state Senator Joseph Timilty, Donnelly won the seat handily.

107.   In Rhode Island, Democrat Jack Reed won the seat left open by the retirement of veteran Democrat Claiborne Pell.

108.   In Slovakia and Bulgaria, for instance, Gypsy political parties are trying to form electoral blocks that could win seats in parliament.

109.   In theory this should make it easier for unknown candidates to win seats.

110.   In winning the seat, he received the support of five of the six new council members and four old-timers.