41.   Blinken will face a local businessman, Dave Sneddon, in May in the Democratic primary.

42.   Bloomberg had a very visible breakfast on Wednesday with the Bronx borough president, Fernando Ferrer, whose defeat in the Democratic primary angered many Hispanic New Yorkers.

43.   Betsy McCaughey Ross, who is running in the Democratic primary for governor, attacked Pataki, a Republican.

44.   Bill Bradley came to the Democratic primary identified mainly with tax reform.

45.   Both events reflected more the politics of the Democratic presidential primary, than policy differences between the two men.

46.   Both in a competitive Democratic primary and the general election, McKinney faced white candidates who tried to cut into her support among white voters.

47.   Bloomberg just switched parties so he could avoid the crowded Democratic primary.

48.   Boxer, who is virtually unopposed in the Democratic primary, has not yet released her campaign financial report.

49.   Bradley will be campaigning for just the second time since he dropped out of the Democratic presidential primaries in March.

50.   A challenge in the March Democratic primary would enlarge the currently underpopulated field of GOP opponents.