It even imposed spending limits on legislative contests, though that provision was struck down by the Supreme Court.

But this year the lineup of players involved in the legislative contest has been significantly reshuffled.

The Democratic legislative primary contests will not affect control of either the State Senate or the Assembly, but several are still politically significant.

This year, it promises to get involved in legislative and gubernatorial contests, and even to field four or five union members as candidates.

He should regard his Presidency not just as a series of legislative contests, they said, but as a pulpit from which to exercise moral leadership.

Since 1984, incumbents have lost only 7 of 393 legislative contests, and only one Congressional seat has changed parties since 1982.

In the Fourth District, all the attention has turned the race into the most expensive legislative contest in the state's history.

As of mid-2006, it remains Idaho's most expensive legislative contest.

Each side says it will spend at least $400,000, a high figure for a legislative contest, though the race began in earnest just four weeks ago.

The legislative contests were more interesting.