Contributing to election coverage were Times staff...

Contributing to election coverage were Times staff writers Fred Alvarez, G. Jeanette Avent, Eric Bailey, Carol Chastang, Stephanie Chavez, Jack Cheevers, Henry Chu, Tina Daunt, Alicia Di Rado, Ken Ellingwood, Gerald Faris, Ralph Frammolino, Michele Fuetsch, Jerry Gillam, Mark Gladstone, Larry Gordon, Jill Gottesman, Tina Griego, Rick Holguin, Nancy Hill-Holtzman, Tracey Kaplan, Anne Klarner, Maria L. La Ganga, Dave Lesher, Carlos V. Lozano, Consella Lee, Hugo Martin, Penelope McMillan, Victor Merina, Dean E. Murphy, Richard C. Paddock, Judy Pasternak, Mark Platte, Amy Pyle, Jeffrey L. Rabin, Janet Rae-Dupree, Lucille Renwick, H.G. Reza, Deborah Schoch, Phil Sneiderman, Ron Soble, Douglas P. Shuit, Sheryl Stolberg, Otto Strong, Renee Tawa, Amy Wallace, Mike Ward, Timothy Williams and Stacy Wong; Times Poll staff John Brennan, Rob Cioe and Susan Pinkus, and Times researchers Cecilia Rasmussen and Sheila Dixon Howard. Also contributing were special correspondents Emily Adams, Michael Arnold, Sara Catania, Brian Fowler, Sam Green, James Maiella Jr., Ron Nissimov, Mark Nollinger, Mary Pols, Suzanne Rostler, Kathleen Sharp and Lesley Wright.