31.   Cheney will head a Bush transition effort and former head of Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin L. Powell will be named Secretary of State, the campaign said.

32.   Conceding nothing, the Gore campaign said on Saturday that it intended to fight all-out for Louisiana and a number of other swing states, including Ohio.

33.   Controversy has erupted because the Forbes campaign has said Merrill is relying on a study by Applied Economic Research of Laconia.

34.   Dean said he has always received significant contributions from out of state because of his national profile, while the Dwyer campaign said the influx is to be expected.

35.   Donnelly lost a bit more ground when he had to retract two union endorsements his campaign said he received.

36.   Earlier Thursday, the Lazio campaign said he received the endorsement of three Erie County Latino groups.

37.   Even the Gore campaign says that lead is inflated, but that Florida is definitely winnable for the vice president.

38.   For all the talk about Iowa and New Hampshire, both the Bush and McCain campaigns said this is where the Republican nomination may be determined.

39.   He alerted the opposing leaders as a matter of logistics and senatorial courtesy, not political calculation, the Gore campaign said.

40.   He may well make that appeal in an address his campaign said he would make Monday.