Both candidates declared victory and vowed to continue battling for the seat.

Both candidates have vowed not to accept speaking fees or honorariums in the future.

All the candidates vowed to keep things friendly.

The last Republican candidate to run from this district, Pat Miller, vowed to be the "voice" of paramilitary groups in Congress.

But the Republican candidate turned on the party leaders who had nominated him and vowed to run a populist campaign.

Both candidates vowed not to raise them.

Almost all the Democratic presidential candidates have vowed to crack down on corporate tax shelters.

Both candidates have vowed not to raise taxes or to disturb Houston's place as the largest American city with no zoning ordinances.

Other candidates on the center and on the right have vowed to slice the government payroll and to sell money-losing state companies.

Both candidates have vowed to press ahead through November, no matter what happens in any legal or administrative arena.