61.   A separate poll released earlier this month also showed Nemtsov topping the list, but had Lebed in a statistical dead heat.

62.   Al Gore has ended months of being in a statistical dead heat with George W. Bush and is now ahead by double digits, a statewide poll shows.

63.   Another poll in July also found both candidates running in a statistical dead heat.

64.   As the South Carolina GOP primary looms Saturday, Bush and McCain are in a statistical dead heat.

65.   Bill Bradley and Vice President Al Gore also are in a statistical dead heat in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

66.   Both were in a statistical dead heat in December.

67.   Bradley and Gore were in a statistical dead heat in a poll done for the Boston Herald and WCVB-TV.

68.   But weeks of negative ads tightened the race to a statistical dead heat, according to one recent poll.

69.   In a statistical dead heat in polls with commentator Pat Buchanan, the Senate majority leader wrapped up his campaign late Monday with a torchlight rally in rustic Milford.

70.   In New Hampshire, where tradition favors the underdog and where McCain and Dole have staked their fortunes, both are in a statistical dead heat for second place.