1.   Robert was never far away, however, and he took the lead on the lap before the finish to run out the winner of a tight contest.

2.   Attorney General Dennis Vacco was in a tight contest with Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat and former state prosecutor in New York City.

3.   Attorney General Dennis Vacco, was in a tight contest with Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat and former state prosecutor in New York City.

4.   But all parts of his game melded into one with just over five minutes left in what had become a tight contest.

5.   But freshman GOP Rep. Linda Smith, a Christian conservative who championed campaign finance reform, was locked in a tight contest with Democratic challenger Brian Baird.

6.   But if it looks like a tight contest, he said, he will probably vote for Gore.

7.   But in the final two minutes of what had developed into a very tight contest, they were nearly flawless.

8.   But the Raiders have played solid at home this year, and that gives them the edge in a tight contest.

9.   Cavanagh noted, however, that a strong African-American turnout in Detroit could overshadow an otherwise tight contest fought in the suburbs, and hand the state to Gore.

10.   Heitkamp, the state attorney general, was in a tight contest with a well-known Republican, John Hoeven, former bank president.