Mississippi was a Democratic stronghold that had not elected a Republican governor since Reconstruction.
Texas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in more than two decades.
Another idea floated publicly by some of Mr Putin's supporters is to have governors appointed, not elected.
Many other controversial public policies were created in this way, by bureaucrats and courts not elected politicians.
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Often it's decided by people who are not elected actually, because they're made up in a different way.
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However, she had been approved as a list candidate for the Scottish Parliamentary election in 2011 but was not elected.
Instead, the Labour faithful depart from the north west confident that they have not elected a dud as their party leader.
Why shouldn't these judicial nominees, who are not elected and serve for a lifetime, be subjected to searching examinations of their attitudes and beliefs?
The Commons, made up of elected MPs, can over-rule decisions made in the Lords, where members are not elected, by invoking the Parliament Act.
Mrs Merkel has no serious rivals within the CDU except Mr Wulff, who will be a failed would-be president if he is not elected.
But while the numbers looked promising for Vitter, history was not on his side, as Louisiana had not elected a Republican to the Senate since Reconstruction.
The LFA recently rejected Weah's appointment as president of local club Bassa Defenders on the grounds that he was not elected in accordance with the LFA's statutory guidelines.
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Giving permission to a group not elected by citizens, Handy said, means they could end up with a Hollywood Slots swim team or an Oxford Casino track field.
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Even if Humala is not elected, populist candidates may secure victories in regional elections in southern Peru which could discourage foreign investment putting a damper on Peru's growing economy.
Despite weeks of speculation about where he might end up, Parise said Wednesday that, had he not elected to sign with the Wild, he would have returned to New Jersey.
Since then, aside from one Austrian bodybuilder, the Republican Party has not elected a single individual to any state-wide office or held a majority in either house of the legislature.
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Having made my decision, the weight that has been lifted from my shoulders now hangs heavy on my heart, but I was not elected to this office to be something that I am not.
Had Ruhwedel not elected to end his college career at UMass Lowell to sign with Buffalo last weekend, he would have likely spent Monday with his friends watching the marathon not far from the finish line where two bombs exploded.
But in America, where some 60% of state appellate judges and more than 80% of state trial judges face contested elections, noisy political contests certainly contribute to an endemic lack of confidence in the judiciary, at least at state level. (Federal judges are not elected.) Most states allow candidates to raise funds, often running to millions of dollars.
Mr Chavez is a "re-elected president, not an elected candidate", said Ms Flores, adding that the key date was 7 October when President Chavez was elected for his fourth term.
The same analysis can be taken to Pennsylvania, a state that also recently elected a Republican senator and governor, and Wisconsin where voters not only elected Republican Scott Walker, but voted to keep him in office during the recall.
Given the status of dividends in investors minds and wallets, it is not surprising that Abbott has elected not only to split itself in two, but also to split its dividend payout between the two new spin offs.
Not just elected politicians but average Americans aligned with either party do so too.
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But judges, even if they have fought political corruption, should not become elected politicians.
If a politician states they want to ration healthcare, they almost certainly will not get elected.
They cynically pad the bottom of their lists with celebrities, knowing that these will attract votes but will not get elected.
If she has still not been elected chancellor by then, critics and rivals within the party might switch from support to attack.
Indeed, not one elected Democrat rose to endorse price-indexing in any form.
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It is not just elected politicians who are to blame for this.
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