1.   A similar situation developed in Georgia, where three new Republican congressmen were elected, two of them defeating incumbents.

2.   Congressmen are elected by small districts, redrawn every decade.

3.   Presently, congressmen are elected on party slates that are selected nationally, a system widely criticized for denying remote jungle and Andean areas adequate representation.

4.   Sixty-four congressman will be elected in districts across the country.

5.   The first-term congressman was elected in November, succeeding Jim Talent, also a Republican, who ran unsuccessfully for governor.