Mr. Chirac's campaign symbol, a green tree with red apples, has also caught on.

Or that the target was an elected official whose opponent last year used the M-16 as a campaign symbol?

Using a broom as his campaign symbol, he campaigned with slogans like "war on the corrupt rich."

Mousavi adopted the traditional Islamic color, green, as a campaign symbol.

His campaign symbol (which is printed on the ballots) was a heart, which he said represents "empathy and compassion."

The shoe became a famous campaign symbol.

Vare is running as an Independent and his campaign symbol, he says, will be "a tree."

His campaign symbol looks much like a pasta plate.

I couldn't help but grin back at the 13-foot-high oddity and campaign symbol bestowed by Democratic friends from Indiana.

Quadros' campaign symbol was a broom, with which the president would "sweep the corruption."