Minnesota's independent governor, Jesse Ventura, made calls to his state's delegation, officials said.

There has been a number of independent governors elected in this country, so it is definitely, definitely possible.

Longley's victory made him the first independent (non-party-affiliated) governor in Maine's history.

He made a pilgrimage to see Jesse Ventura, Minnesota's independent governor.

He became the first independent elected governor of an American state since the Watergate-inspired voter rebellion of 1974.

But now that Mr. Weicker is leaving office, whether voters are interested in continuing their experiment with an independent governor remains to be seen.

I deemed it useful to remind him that there is in Jerusalem an independent governor.

Maine has now had two independent governors within the last 20 years, and it is now the only state in the nation with an independent governor.

And two parties will not work with an independent governor.

Mr. Weicker, a former Republican, will take office next month as Connecticut's first independent governor since the 1850's.