41.   Clinton was making the rounds of two swing districts in California this weekend.

42.   Democratic state lawmaker Lauren Beth Gash faced former Republican congressional aide Mark Kirk in swing district north of Chicago.

43.   In Congress, she has represented a diverse swing district that stretches from Lansing east to Oakland County, taking in rolling farmland and fast-growing subdivisions.

44.   Sisisky was elected nine times in a district that was drawn to benefit Democrats but has evolved into a swing district.

45.   That sets up a potentially dangerous vote for Democratic lawmakers from swing districts, who might customarily rely on backing from the AFL-CIO to win difficult re-election campaigns.

46.   That sets up a potentially dangerous vote for Democratic lawmakers from swing districts, who might customarily rely on support from the AFL-CIO to win difficult re-election campaigns.

47.   The swing district arches over Seattle, covering mostly suburban territory around all but southern parts of the city.

48.   This philosophy strikes many folks as just fine in a swing district that voted with the Democrats in the last two presidential elections.

49.   They also included a desire to prepare ground in swing districts for challengers either beginning their campaigns or as yet unidentified.