41.   Few gave any Democrat much of a chance of unseating veteran vote-getter Phil Gramm, the Republican incumbent.

42.   Exit polls showed Giuliani, the Republican incumbent, headed for a landslide victory in his reelection bid.

43.   For Ms. Carpenter, too, it was more a vote against the Republican incumbent than for the Democrat.

44.   For the Republican incumbent, it was a chance to respond directly to a long series of negative television ads Brown has run.

45.   Gov. Roger Wilson has announced that he would appoint Jean Carnahan to the Senate should her late husband win more votes than John Ashcroft, the Republican incumbent.

46.   Gov. Jim Geringer, the Republican incumbent, won a second term saying voters approved of his economic policies.

47.   Harris is running against Republican incumbents Sue Gerard and Barry Wong.

48.   Gov. Lincoln Almond, the Republican incumbent, beat Myrth York, the challenger, in a civil, almost boring, rematch that lacked any galvanizing issue.

49.   He challenged a popular Republican incumbent in the Third Congressional District.

50.   He emphasized that voters turned out more than a dozen Republican incumbents in the House, though an overwhelming number held on to their seats.