41.  All three states have competitive Senate races, and Pennsylvania is an important state in the presidential race.

42.  But Rybak said the trip mainly was an organizing stop and a sign that Bradley considered Minnesota an important state.

43.  For Gore, the satellite interviews allow him to get into news shows in important states that would otherwise ignore him that day.

44.  If he wanted to secure the senate for the Republican party, Bush had to pander to the self interests of the politically important farming states.

45.  In recent months, however, the BJP and other opposition parties have been wracked by troubles in several important states, and they seem to have lost momentum.

46.  In other significant shifts recently, the Congress lost a key leader, Jagannath Mishra, who formed his own party in the politically important northern state of Bihar.

47.  In recent months, however, the BJP and other opposition parties have been racked by troubles in several important states, and they seem to have lost momentum.

48.  K. Karunakaran, Jaganath Misra and A.R. Antulay, former chief ministers of important states, were sworn in by President Shankar Dayal Sharma at the presidential palace.

49.  Kathy Sosa, who helped produce the Spanish spots, said the strategists were expanding on the organizational focus in important early states.

50.  National Action previously had won the governorships of Jalisco and Guanajuato, two important central states.