51.   In response, the Bush campaign said that oil prices were low at the time and that Cheney was promoting Halliburton to other businessmen.

52.   In response, the Fields campaign said it printed different literature to appeal to voters in upper Manhattan and on the Upper East and West Sides.

53.   In response, the Gore campaign said there was no mystery about what Gore and Lieberman believe.

54.   In Texas, both Republican Sen. Phil Gramm and Democratic challenger Victor Morales plan to address the state Reform Party convention, their campaigns said.

55.   Infuriated members of the McCain campaign said some of the precincts were in Democratic areas and charged that they had been deliberately kept closed to suppress McCain votes.

56.   It is a new paradigm, his campaign says, for dealing with issues such as poverty.

57.   Lazio has declined to release his brokerage records or tax returns, though his campaign says he will eventually release the tax records.

58.   McCain and Quinn have repeatedly denied that Quinn holds racist views, and the campaign said Thursday that he would remain on staff.

59.   McCain was campaigning in South Carolina and could not be interviewed, his campaign said.

60.   Mecham said he was invited to the function, but the Salmon campaign said Mecham must have heard about it by word of mouth.