51.   A unifying theme for the protesters was the exclusion of candidates from the Green, Libertarian and Reform parties.

52.   ACCESS TO THE AIR A public radio station in Washington has surprised its listeners in recent days by broadcasting advertisements for several congressional candidates from the area.

53.   After taking office, Gbagbo made sure to sideline his most formidable rival, Alassane D. Ouattara, the single candidate from the Muslim north.

54.   Alexander described himself as the candidate from outside Washington, even though he had worked in Washington for Congress and Presidents Nixon and Bush.

55.   All these cost money and, to candidates from coast-to-coast, the endgame is as much a race for the last dollar as it is for the last vote.

56.   Bush shrewdly hung back as the candidate from Somewhere East and let Connally, proudly wearing boots and Stetson, be the designated Texan.

57.   Bush is, in many ways, the candidate from central GOP casting when it comes to appealing to Latino voters.

58.   But candidates from gentler environs still found the going tough.

59.   But Dole may get the biggest boost of any candidate from the nonscientific, nonbinding straw poll.

60.   But if we can deal with the truth for one second, absolutely no qualified candidate from the outside even came close to surfacing.