1.   The party was keen to firm up its support before the coming election.

2.   Journalists have begun making predictions about the winner of the coming election.

3.   Most of those though, are national debates -- money is the only issue which could be effected by the coming County Council elections.

4.   A FORMER policeman will contest Durham North for the Liberal Democrats in the coming election.

5.   This makes Stockton South one of the most crucial constituencies in the coming election.

6.   And Chinese officials seem keenly aware that China is likely to be a major foreign policy issue in the coming American presidential election.

7.   And no doubt he wants to do things that will help fellow California Republicans in coming elections.

8.   And, of course, there were candidates working the aisles for their coming elections.

9.   Another force at work was the moderating effect of the coming congressional elections and the lobbying of constituencies back home.

10.   Argentina and Mexico have taken the first such steps and may go further after their coming presidential elections.