1.   Another person who has said he will run against Kennedy is Phil Hyde of Somerville, an independent and a perennial candidate for local and congressional seats.

2.   But long before his last campaign, you could get a laugh in political circles just by mentioning the name of that perennial candidate, Harold Stassen.

3.   Clinton also received some unlikely support from supporters of perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche.

4.   He was a perennial Gold Glove candidate along with Roberto Alomar.

5.   In an interview, Alexander reveals his strategy for breaking away from the GOP pack and countering his image as a perennial candidate with no chance of success.

6.   John Hagelin, a soft-spoken perennial candidate who usually runs under the banner of the Natural Law Party, took the other.

7.   Nancy Ivers of Tallahassee and perennial candidate Andy Martin of West Palm Beach have listed themselves with the Florida secretary of state as Republican candidates.

8.   On the Democratic side, Jim Mattox tries to beat out Judge Morris Overstreet and perennial candidate Gene Kelly.

9.   Once I found myself rolling across the bayous of Louisiana with David Duke, a perennial candidate in that state.

10.   Perhaps no perennial candidate and also-ran has learned quite so completely how baseball works at this stage.