31.   As a long-time state legislator, she advocated voluntary castration of sex offenders, and once she proposed that the state turn over its universities to private industry.

32.   As a state legislator, Beasley voted to keep the facility open.

33.   As a state legislator, Chellie Pingree, now the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maine, was instrumental in getting the Maine Rx law passed.

34.   As a state legislator, Musgrove had the kind of conservative voting record a Republican would have been proud of.

35.   As a state legislator, he criticized members of his party for awarding contracts to rich donors.

36.   As hundreds of state legislators from around the country gather here this week, some are talking about finding ways to stop police from evading state forfeiture laws.

37.   As Williams became active in civic and business organizations, his friends came to include Barnes, then a young Cobb County lawyer and state legislator.

38.   As usual, most state legislators face no serious competition, and the presidential contest here is a foregone conclusion, too.

39.   At a State House news conference called to announce endorsements by state legislators Wednesday, Romney scoffed at the suggestion that the issue could bump him from the ballot.

40.   At least one state legislator, Rep. Tom Sloan of Lawrence, supports gas competition.