11.  Some of the candidates who were bypassed might have secured a significant electoral state for Bush, such as Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Ridge or former Missouri Senator John Danforth.

12.  That campaign helped Clinton carry Florida, Arizona and California, key electoral states with big retired populations.

13.  The commercials deal with the issue of crime and will be shown starting next week in such crucial electoral states as Florida, Michigan, and California.

14.  The commercials deal with the issue of crime and will be shown starting next week in crucial electoral states like Florida, Michigan and California.

15.  The figures signaled weakness in the labor market in California, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio -- all key electoral states.

16.  The heartening news is that even plenty of Republicans are tired of having American foreign policy hijacked by anti-Castro activists in a key electoral state.

17.  Both men face challenges as they try to conserve money for national advertising and targeting of key electoral states over the next five months.

18.  Bush has visited Pennsylvania, a key electoral state, four times in his six months as president.

19.  California and New York are key electoral states.

20.  Gore issued the proposal amid a fight in California over the future of undeveloped leases in federal waters off the southern part of that key electoral state.