11.   Republicans are posing serious election challenges to the lieutenant governor and secretary of state in Missouri, a new statewide poll for The Kansas City Star shows.

12.   Slosberg got help in the October election challenge when local party leaders stepped in.

13.   The case was transfered Monday to the state court in Tallahassee handling other presidential election challenges.

14.   The common sentiment seems to be that politicians ignore voters because they seldom have to worry about election challenges.

15.   They seldom face election challenges, are almost never held liable for business lapses and also are insured against shareholder lawsuits.

16.   Al Gore looked to the courts to keep his election challenge alive.

17.   Bush is preparing for a presidency as he awaits a court resolution of election challenges.

18.   But Peres faces a tough election challenge from hard-liner Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud Party opposes Palestinian independence.

19.   For Iran, long demonized by the West for its zealotry, the election challenges any black-and-white summation of the Islamic Republic, considered the standard-bearer of Islam.

20.   That, in turn, would make it harder for Gore to pick up enough votes in his ongoing election challenge.