31.   The Texas Trial Lawyers Association does not endorse statewide candidates, she said.

32.   The top Democratic statewide candidate is U.S. Senate hopeful Gene Kelly, a perennial ballot box loser riding the popularity of the late dancer whose name he shares.

33.   There were only three major televised debates featuring statewide candidates this fall.

34.   Though not always a high-profile supporter of Democratic statewide candidates, Laney is fiercely loyal to his fellow Democrats in the House.

35.   Two statewide candidates in Louisiana and Mississippi were rejected by voters last fall after advocating the use of chain gangs.

36.   Although Treffinger, the county executive in Essex County, is a train veteran, this was his first foray as a statewide candidate.

37.   Campaign spokesman Tom Shea has said no statewide candidates in New Jersey have ever agreed to more than three debates in recent elections.

38.   In Texas, the party conducted bus and airplane tours across the state to bring together statewide GOP candidates and rally the Republican base.

39.   Now, such vendors cannot contribute to campaigns for treasurer, but Nappier wants the ban extended to all statewide candidates.

40.   The ruling applied only to statewide candidates in Missouri.