31.   Gargan, an ally of Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, who recently quit the party, insisted on having it in St. Paul, Minn.

32.   Four deputies have quit the party last week.

33.   He denied personal wrongdoing, saying he was quitting the party to take responsibility for failing to supervise an aide who was arrested this month on tax evasion charges.

34.   He denied personal wrongdoing, saying he was quitting the party to take responsibility for failing to supervise an aide who was arrested this month over tax evasion.

35.   He quit the party earlier this month after his secretary was arrested for alleged tax evasion.

36.   His daughter Layda, a former PRI federal senator, quit the party last year to run for governor with the leftist Democratic Revolution Party.

37.   His daughter, Layda, a former PRI federal senator, quit the party last year to run for governor with the leftist Democratic Revolution Party.

38.   However, he quit the party last November, while planning to stay in parliament.

39.   In Campeche state, a former national chairman of the PRI, Carlos Sansores, announced Sunday he was quitting the party.

40.   In Campeche, a former national chairman of the PRI, Carlos Sansores, announced Sunday he was quitting the party.