Other longtime friends are important advisers but have well-established careers independent of the candidate.

However, some first ladies have exercised a degree of political influence by virtue of being an important adviser to the president.

An important adviser who has worked for the Leonelli family for generations.

Sometimes, the truly important political advisers are the ones you haven't heard of.

He is close to Gov. Gray Davis and has been an important adviser on the state's water policy.

Another former Hart aide, Bill Shore, continues to be an important adviser.

She could have had no important advisers at that early day.

Al Gore was an important adviser to President Bill Clinton on matters of foreign policy and the environment.

(The prime minister and the chief of the royal court are, in theory, the king's two most important advisers.)

Michelle Kremer, the group's legal counsel, said he remained an important adviser to the group.