71.   He accepted his election as a mandate to make peace.

72.   Hallinan was a longtime defense lawyer and San Francisco supervisor before his election as top prosecutor last December.

73.   He credited his proposals with his possible election as president, as if trying, as best he could, to claim a mandate of sorts.

74.   He framed the election as a choice between middle-class families and special interests like drug and insurance companies.

75.   He accepted his election as a mandate to make peace and one of his first steps was to put a freeze on all new construction in the occupied territories.

76.   He also cautioned people watching from abroad not to take the agonizing aftermath of the election as a sign of weakness.

77.   He later helped Haley Barbour win election as chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Barbour hired Reed as his executive director.

78.   He pointed to the excitement over upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections as evidence.

79.   He entered politics by defeating the powerful Hudson County Democratic machine to win election as mayor of Jersey City.

80.   He won election as governor and president as a candidate of the National Action Party, the PAN.