Rather, he said, an offer of "substantial and aggressive campaign support" for his son had come from unidentified colleagues.

And since parties can spend only $63,620 on direct campaign support to Congressional candidates, the spots violate Federal rules, the critics say.

Rather, he said, an offer of "substantial and aggressive campaign support" for his son had come from a partisan he did not identify.

National leaders from both parties have said they will focus on the race, providing campaign support and financing.

Signalling the closeness of the race, both candidates received late-season campaign support from national political figures.

But Mr. Bush, who has received considerable campaign support from drug companies, is sensitive to their views.

This time so many have shown up, some soliciting campaign support, that no one is keeping count.

At the time, Democrats were seeking the union's campaign support.

The message was implicit: that campaign support for the holdouts could be in jeopardy.

The bribes were made under the guise of campaign support for an upcoming election.