President Bush, too, is preparing advertisements that could go on television any day now in crucial states.

A survey in the crucial state of Ohio gave him a slender lead.

This round, the wave started early, with independent groups organizing in crucial states like Ohio last year.

However both were crucial states in the European balance of power.

All of this attention and money points to the importance of the Hispanic vote in certain crucial states.

One crucial state, Maryland, is pressing to control growth.

Still, as the top official of this crucial state, he was rewarded at his party's convention in Boston with certain honors, ambiguous though they were.

Republicans refused to concede, and the results in three crucial Southern states were disputed.

California, with the most electoral votes, is a crucial state in next year's Presidential election.

Slim margins in a few crucial states produce mean campaigns.