11.   When he governed Guanajuato state, the top financial post went to a longtime PRI member.

12.   Police said protesters were also suspected of setting fire to the headquarters of the Manipur State Congress Party, which governed the state until two months ago.

13.   A coalition of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party is governing Maharashtra state, whose capital is Bombay.

14.   But some Sinn Fein activists denounced the idea of helping govern a state they regard as illegitimate.

15.   Congress Party is the main opposition to Communists who have been governing the state for nearly two decades.

16.   Gujarat state is governed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

17.   Gujarat state is governed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, to which Advani and Vajpayee also belong.

18.   He has vowed he would govern the state from behind bars, if necessary.

19.   He said the Gulf Coast state would be governed with an honest administration, judicial and educational reforms, social justice and dialogue with his opposition.

20.   It showed a continuing erosion of support for party that long dominated every aspect of Mexican political life and governed every state.