You're elected to represent the people and that's what you should be doing.
That's not why we we're elected.
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Besides, the very sages who say on Monday that the Tories cannot hope to be re-elected as the party of scepticism alone have a habit of saying on Tuesday that the Tories cannot hope to be re-elected as the party of tax-cutting alone.
Chavez was elected and re-elected in large part thanks to support from the country's poor, who felt marginalized by previous governments.
Tacitly at least, most believe that the monstrous dilemma posed by the fiscal cliff will be resolved after the elections, and before the end of the year, by whatever newly elected or re-elected president, senators and members of Congress are on the job during the balance of 2012.
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Her successful tenure as governor of New Jersey (she was elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1997) and her combination of conservative views on economics and liberal views on social issues meant that she was frequently talked about as a future senator, or even as a vice-president.
Lula ran for office three times before being elected in 2001 and was re-elected four years later.
Mr Sanford represented the same district in Congress before he was elected governor in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.
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Mr Yayi, 60, was first elected president in 2006 and re-elected in 2011.
The backbench business committee, whose chair will be paid extra in line with other select committees, will be elected by secret ballot and re-elected every session.
Mr Chavez was first elected in 1998, and re-elected in 2000 with 60%, promising to use oil revenues to improve conditions for the 80% of 24 million population who live in poverty.
He was first elected as an Associate Justice in 2000 and re-elected as Chief Justice in 2004 and 2008.
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DeMint was originally elected to the Senate in 2004 and had been re-elected in 2010.
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In 2002 Wyoming elected a Democratic governor, Dave Freudenthal, who was re-elected in 2006.
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Tweed was elected as a DUP councillor in Ballymena in 1997 and was re-elected at the subsequent two polls.
Mr Castillo too is a governor's son: his father, Arnoldo, was elected in Catamarca after Mr Saadi was pushed out, then re-elected in 1995.
The latest populist is Fob James, a governor who was first elected as a Democrat in 1978 and then in 1994 was re-elected as a Republican.
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He was first elected to serve in the House of Representatives in 1978 and was re-elected three times.
The game begins with the player getting elected to the House of Representatives, with two years to get re-elected.
The number-one concern of most elected officials in a democratic political system is how to preserve power by getting re-elected.
There are still swarms of Wall Street lobbyists who will launch a fusillade of threats against newly elected senators, who will still need to raise tens of millions to get re-elected.
The evidence from Greece, which elected a pro-euro government in the midst of a deep depression, or the Netherlands, which re-elected a Liberal-led government last year, shows that voters may be angry but they aren't stupid: courageous leaders that can articulate tough choices and explain why change is necessary can still win elections.
President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
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Since World War II, no president has been re-elected with unemployment higher than 7.2%.
The Chilean socialist desperately wants to be re-elected to his OAS post in 2010.
As noted, Supreme Court Judges are pretty much always re-elected so few bother to challenge them.
Mr Lane was re-elected by only 58.8% of shareholder votes at last month's annual meeting.
Napolitano, 87, was re-elected by Italy's Parliament on Saturday to an unprecedented second term as president.
Putin later became president of Russia in 2000 and was re-elected four years later.
Instead, he threw in his lot with the anti-dam lobby and was duly re-elected.
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