1.   Elections give newcomers the chance to unseat incumbents or to fill vacated positions.

2.   The election is also giving a green light for policies about the environment.

3.   All the pundits are predicting gridlock, but the last election gave us all a lesson in how good those pundits are at predicting things.

4.   Britain says elections would give a mandate to those who would eventually sit in negotiations, and would not be used to elect a local parliament.

5.   But the election gives America an unusual opportunity to help the reformists and further its own strategic interests.

6.   But the election Tuesday at least gave Democrats a clear, unequivocal result as a starting point.

7.   But, in the absence of other controls on spending, direct elections might give even more power to free-floating political machines.

8.   Few candidates waded into these details, analysts say, so the election will likely give little insight about solutions.

9.   Her election gives her, for the first time, a legislative arena in which to champion her causes.

10.   He said the election gave a big boost to his candidacy, which until recently had been making little headway.