1.   Although his office walls are filled with pictures of himself with civil rights leaders, his new election bid includes vows to fight affirmative action.

2.   Even more troubling to his critics is how Shuster spends his campaign funds, since very little is needed to actually run his election bids.

3.   Frahm is the most recent appointed senator to lose an election bid.

4.   His daughter, Cadee, and son, Chad, both assisting with his re- election bid, were not available for comment Monday.

5.   The investigation centers on contributions allegedly made to Henry Espy in a primary election in his failed congressional election bid.

6.   Their election bid looks more like an effort to preserve their privileges than to reform the corrupt system Yeltsin has put in place.

7.   Another Mussolini grandchild, Guido, failed in his election bid.

8.   Four local candidates were murdered and dozens more forced to abandon their election bids as violence heightened in anticipation of October municipal elections, authorities said Monday.

9.   Laurent Gbagbo, a longtime politician who has lost several previous election bids, was the only well known figure permitted to stand against Guei.

10.   Mongkhol was defeated in his last election bid last year.