61.   But in the closely watched Republican primary, the outcome was too close to call Tuesday evening.

62.   But McCain, who finished behind Bush in the Republican primaries this year, said he did not think that would happen.

63.   But most political experts give Attorney General Ryan the edge in the Republican primary.

64.   But Pombo won in the Republican primary.

65.   But one, Joseph Slovenec, won a Republican primary and will face Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a first-term Democrat from Cleveland, in November.

66.   But the bruising Republican primary, he says, may have more of an impact.

67.   But Riordan created some of his own difficulties in what became the most competitive Republican gubernatorial primary here in years.

68.   But the men who defeated them in the Republican primaries, Dole and George Bush, also entered the battle laden with money.

69.   But the issues McCain set in motion in the Republican primaries are likely to roll through this long general election campaign.

70.   But the new advertisements are believed to be the first televised in Spanish in a Republican presidential primary.