31.   But the real battle is fought in rural hamlets like this one, where little-known opposition candidates are struggling By Rachel L. Swarns.

32.   By contrast, Khatami entered the race reluctantly, after no other viable opposition candidate surfaced and after he received permission from Khamenei.

33.   By contrast, most of the other opposition candidates in the presidential race are upper-class white men.

34.   Camacho is seeking to persuade other parties to back a single opposition presidential candidate.

35.   Clinton also thanked outgoing Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo for putting in place the political reforms that allowed an opposition candidate to win.

36.   Critics say the PRI may not have stuffed ballots in Tabasco, but it stacked the deck in its favor by vastly outspending the opposition candidate.

37.   Corral thinks this could generate a protest vote for the PAN or other opposition candidates.

38.   Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, a two time opposition party presidential candidate, was elected mayor of Mexico City, handing the ruling party its biggest defeat in almost seven decades.

39.   Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, the leftist who is the other major opposition candidate, has lambasted authorities for allowing classrooms to deteriorate.

40.   During the elections last May, the Acholi voted overwhelmingly for the opposition candidate, Dr. Paul Ssemogerere.