71.   Brown could run for state senator for San Francisco because the legislative term limit applies to his years as an Assembly member.

72.   But Carter said his faith always guided him in his decisions, as a Georgia state senator, governor and later president.

73.   But Eliot Shapleigh, a Democratic state senator who represents El Paso, including many Hispanic neighborhoods, said the border still suffers too many inequities.

74.   But final polls found the contest between Rick Hill, a Republican businessman, and Bill Yellowtail, a former Democratic state senator, too close to call.

75.   But Chancellor John Montford of Texas Tech, a former Democratic state senator, says it was all a misunderstanding for which he was to blame.

76.   But in the eyes of many, DiFrancesco hurt himself by initially insisting that Republican state senators ram her appointment through the confirmation process.

77.   But in North Carolina, thanks to the tireless efforts of a former state senator named Wendell Murphy, monster hog farms had free right-of-way into the countryside.

78.   But Schiff, with the advantage of being an incumbent state senator, is considered a much more formidable opponent.

79.   But one conservative state senator said it would be naive to think communism is dead.

80.   But the former state senator and state representative said his vote was no mistake.