ODDS ON THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

ODDS ON THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Ladbrokes quotes President Clinton as 7/4 favourite to win the 1996 presidential election. The odds for Republicans who have declared their candidacy are:

Bob Dole (Majority leader, US Senate, Kansas) 3/1

Phil Gramm (Senator, Texas) 4/1

Lamar Alexander (former Governor, Tennessee) 12/1

Arlen Specter (Senator, Pennsylvania) 25/1

Pat Buchanan (commentator and broadcaster) 50/1

Alan Keyes (former United Nations official, broadcaster) 50/1

Other candidates expected to declare:

Pete Wilson (Governor, California) 7/1

Richard Lugar (Senator, Indiana) 25/1

Robert Dornan (Congressman, California) 50/1

Colin Powell, former head of US military and a possible Republican candidate, 14/1.