51.   He is running for mayor of Norwalk, Conn., on the Democratic ticket, hoping to unseat Frank Esposito, the five-term Republican incumbent.

52.   He is the Republican incumbent, Gov. Rick Perry.

53.   He said the Teamsters have endorsed several Republican congressional incumbents who have often sided with labor, including Peter King of New York and Christopher Smith of New Jersey.

54.   He went on to defeat the conservative Republican incumbent, James Buckley.

55.   He won the primary and edged out the Republican incumbent, Dennis Vacco, who had been weakened by charges of cronyism.

56.   He will not, however, help Democrats challenging Republican incumbents, many of whom he once regarded as close friends.

57.   Hutchison, the Republican incumbent, is considered a heavy favorite in November.

58.   In Arizona, Rhode Island and Wyoming, Republican incumbents held on while Democrats successfully defended Senate seats in Wisconsin, New Mexico and North Dakota.

59.   In initial network projections, Republican incumbents won with relative ease in Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Tennessee.

60.   In North Carolina, Senator Lauch Faircloth, a one-term Republican incumbent, is in a tough fight with John Edwards, a trial lawyer.