"We're both sort of stealth candidates," Mr. Conlee added.

The relatively recent term stealth candidate has had two meanings.

But their lack of evidence for who and what these stealth candidates are says a lot.

After 30 years, the burning saxophonist still has something of an underground reputation; he is always the stealth candidate for a great night of music.

They train their followers to run for school and library boards as "stealth" candidates who don't reveal their agenda until after the election.

In some respects Mr. McBride has emerged as a stealth candidate.

The president is reduced to nominating a stealth candidate with no relevant paper trail.

We are also alerting citizens to openings on library and school boards in hope of heading off the religious far-right stealth candidates.

Mr. Estrada refused to answer, earning him the reputation among Democrats as the Bush administration's stealth right-wing candidate.

After 30 years, Mr. Bartz, the burning saxophonist, still has something of an underground reputation; he's always the stealth candidate.