1.   In the Republican primaries, Dole has received substantial support from senior citizens, who trust one of their own vintage.

2.   Also on Tuesday, in Nevada, former Rep. John Ensign easily won the Republican primary for an open Senate seat.

3.   And Bret Schundler, the mayor of Jersey City, whom he faces in the Republican primary, said DiFrancesco had alienated his own supporters.

4.   And days before the Republican primary on Tuesday, leading political observers in Alabama said he just might win.

5.   And Giuliani remains very much the focus of the candidates in these final days, an unavoidable shadow over the Democratic and the Republican primaries.

6.   And he managed to press through an ambitious agenda that has been acceptable both to moderates and social conservatives, whose blessing is crucial in Republican primaries.

7.   And Bush came away optimistic that he can win New York in both the Republican primary next March and in the general election.

8.   And Democrats switched parties just to vote in the Republican primary, which, in heavily Republican Kansas, often determines who will win in November.

9.   And recent elections here have shown that the most socially conservative candidate does not always win Republican primaries.

10.   And Gingrich is pondering whether to run for president himself, aware that the Republican primaries are dominated by conservatives.