11.  However, in the final week of the campaign in the closely contested states, many Green voters were becoming ambivalent, as the polls showed.

12.  In seven contested states, Democrats are either leading in the polls are running neck-and-neck against their Republican opponents, six of whom are incumbents.

13.  It also intends to broadcast the spots throughout the fall in closely contested states with large numbers of hunters, including Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

14.  Television images of the vice president campaigning with Mrs. Clinton in New York could be just what the Republicans ordered in a dozen contested states this November.

15.  That money could then be spent in highly contested states during the general election campaign.

16.  The advertisement is being released in closely contested states, starting with Minnesota, Oregon and Wisconsin, and will run until Election Day.

17.  The latter is not considered a seriously contested state, but West Virginia television reaches markets in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Ohio, as well as Kentucky.

18.  The Liebermans joined Gore and his wife, Tipper, in Tampa before dawn Tuesday for a late push in that hotly contested state.

19.  The outcome of the presidential election balanced Wednesday on no more than a few hundred votes in the closely contested state of Florida.

20.  The spot will start running on Friday in closely contested states, including Ohio, Michigan, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Wisconsin.