81.   And that raises warning flags about a Labor Party pledge to reform the Lords if it wins the upcoming election.

82.   And Republican governors such as Meldrim Thompson, John Sununu and Stephen Merrill have won elections by promising to stave off proposals for new statewide taxes.

83.   And when Byrd left the post of majority leader two years later, Daschle helped Mitchell win election as the successor.

84.   And when the Clintons won the election, they installed cronies and patsies at key points in their administration to forestall further attempts to embarrass them.

85.   And winning elections fair and square in Texas is not the same as gaining the presidency by a US Supreme Court majority after losing the popular vote.

86.   And, more powerfully than Forbes, Rockefeller appealed to the political middle, where presidential elections are won.

87.   As a young lawyer he met Helms, who had won election to the Senate as a deeply conservative insurgent in the local GOP.

88.   As he traversed friendly Republican turf, from the Florida Panhandle to Texas, Dole continued to insist that he would win the election.

89.   At home, his policies are popular, and he has won five elections in a row.

90.   At least two woman are favored to win election to the Senate, Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Ann Wynia, D-Minn.