1.   The alliance is the product of months of negotiations between the two parties, which fielded rival candidates in the regional elections last March.

2.   And it is unlikely that Zhirinovsky would easily share his ultranationalist mantle with a rival presidential candidate.

3.   Any controversy is usually generated by the presence of rival candidates on the dais, not by their absence.

4.   At the same time, Ebner said BK Vision will not nominate a rival candidate.

5.   Democrats were naturally not happy about supporting a former rival candidate, especially one who opposes abortion rights and voted to impeach the president.

6.   Gary Hart has abandoned an effort to reclaim the Senate seat he gave up nearly a decade ago, rival candidates for that seat said on Monday.

7.   His enthusiastic reception came in sharp contrast to the welcome given to rival GOP candidate Forbes, who was there just the day before.

8.   In one town, supporters of rival candidates from the same family fired on each other outside polls.

9.   In fact, no one knows whether the incumbent, who faces six rival candidates, will even survive the first round.

10.   Museveni supporters wield sticks at supporters of rival candidates going past in a car.