31.   Pennsylvania Democrats chose their nominee for governor Tuesday, settling a bitter and expensive campaign between social conservative Robert Casey Jr. and pro-business liberal Edward Rendell.

32.   Political parties have chosen their nominees on the basis of the caste divide.

33.   A federal judge has refused to designate a presidential candidate for the divided Reform Party, whose opposing factions have chosen separate nominees.

34.   A panel of editors, journalists and retailers chose the nominees.

35.   And because presidential nominees are chosen in contests with as many rules and timetables as there are states.

36.   From that list, five nominees are chosen.

37.   The process of picking candidates varies by party and district, but party officials generally choose nominees in closed-door meetings without input from voters.

38.   The nominees were chosen by music industry representatives.

39.   The party will choose a nominee at a national convention next August.

40.   The Socialists will choose their nominee at a party congress early next month.