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We had a great convention. ... We elected a great slate of McCain delegates for the convention in Philadelphia.

John Truscott

It would be so much easier, Bo, if I was elected county executive and you stayed on as finance director.

Mark Maslowski

I've always voted against raises. Raises for elected officials should be decided by voters.

Charles Crowley

It was very interesting to me. It made me want to jump up there and get elected.

Brandan Wright

If George W. Bush is elected under these circumstances, he will be an illegitimate president.

Peter Deutsch

Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.

Adam Michnik

It was very tough last night. When you get un-elected, you're done that minute.

Juli Lax

As members of Congress, they were elected as representatives of their constituents.

Panfilo Lacson

It's a challenge because of the way we're organized. Nobody's elected to represent a region.

Art Collins

The only time elected officials are really dangerous is when they don't think we the citizens are paying attention.

Tim Eyman

He's not going to get re-elected, right...so he can just go for it!

Bill Nye

[Cleaner air] has been a pretty clear directive from our elected leaders and our customers. We know that our car-crazed culture contributes to [air pollution] in a big way.

Jason Alderman

We choose to take a more cautious approach - what we've elected to call this is an unusual pattern.

Suzanne Condon

If we get elected, we can hit the ground running.

Chad Miller

I think the public deserves better from their elected officials.

David Dewhurst

Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

William Tecumseh Sherman

It's not as though (elected officials) even have that discretion once they grant them.

April Boling

I was approached in the last two weeks to make myself available. I'm not saying I've got all the answers and if I'm elected, I will have a humble approach.

Oregan Hoskins

He was elected democratically, but hasn't given any positive results.

Carlos Salinas

Go home Jesse, ... We elected our school board, not Jesse Jackson.

Mark Powell

When they are lucky to be elected, they may not even step here again. How will they know our problems?

Johnny Smith

We certainly don't discriminate when it comes to scrutinizing elected officials ... regardless of the party.

Kathay Feng

It's served at least as a little bit of an education for the elected officials.

Aidan White

Without the two-thirds vote, the risk is that the worst abusers will continue to be elected.

Peggy Hicks

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

Henry Cate VII

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

George Jean Nathan

Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

Frank Dane

Local elected school boards should be making the decision.

Dean Clark

There is nothing we can do about it. Someone is just trying to get elected.

Terry Nichols

It was staggering that he's already spent $47 million to get elected.

Gene Russianoff

I look at Inboden different, ... He's a resident of the county and elected by the county.

Johnny Johnson

It's time for the elected officials to do their job.

Donald Briggs

If the election was this year, he would not be re-elected.

Marilyn Brewer

We will do whatever we have to do to make sure Jennifer and Debbie get re-elected.

Karen White

It is very dangerous for this country to condone the overthrow of democratically elected governments.

David Leavy

There was no attempt to determine who was accountable on the 9/11 Commission. This time, there's got to be accountability. If you're an elected official, you should be inviting accountability for yourself.

Kristen Breitweiser

That would be obscene. That is not what the people of this county intended when they elected 10 Democrats. ... The Democrats should be in charge.

Peter Schmitt

We have elected officials who put consensus and getting along above anything else.

Joe Delucco

This district had been Republican until Dave Obey was elected. This is a conservative district.

Nick Reid

The political picture created now is far different than it was in 1992 when Yitzhak Rabin was elected.

Yoram Peri

He got elected to fix the problem.

Doug Price

If I were a betting man, which I'm not, I'm guessing by this April 21st, we'll have a new pope elected.

David O'connell

Our issue is local control, local government by local elected people.

John Wall

This is not his fault; he was not ready. Getting elected and being ready to do the job are two different things.

Freman Hendrix

It may not be a big deal to you and me, ... but this is the first thing Bill Clinton has had to be excited about since he got elected.

Arsenio Hall

This is completely a betrayal of the people who elected this government.

Ludeki Chweya

Bill King has just been elected to the Hall of Fame.

George Blanda

I always felt that professionally, we were better off with an appointed sheriff than an elected one.

Frank Adamson

Andrew was elected captain and has been a true leader, on and off the mat.

Vince Trombetti

I never elected a legal relationship with her. Nor did I put myself in the position that she would have legal rights to my child.

Cheryl Pike Barlow

Due to personal and religious beliefs, she elected not to do that and we've continued to support her decision and care for her babies that are born.

Leonard Weisman

Committed to get Al Gore elected.

Sara Anderson

He's definitely happy he's doing the job he was elected to do and (to) continue to serve the people of Wyoming.

Cameron Hardy

Get elected. Get elected, ... stay with the party forever.

Lien Chan

If you are an incumbent and you do a good job, you'll probably get re-elected.

Andre Pineda

Schwarzenegger, like Brown and Wilson, could certainly make a comeback and be re-elected.

Tim Hodson

As an elected official, I genuinely agree with that statement. It needs to be challenged.

Larry Gossett

If the community elected me king, then we would not have done what we just did.

Jerry Cook

There are those people out there that live to destroy communities. I'm just afraid that one happened to get elected here.

Debbie Gibson

You ought to thank the Republicans because they are doing their part to get us elected.

Rod Smith

Bloomberg could not have been elected with the Independence Party.

Henry Stern

This was specifically for state elected officials.

Paul Howard

The City Council and the mayor, all them, are the ones who are responsible for this. So if anybody is costing the taxpayers, it's our elected officials that are costing them.

Jeanette Surratt

This is not the governor you elected, ... We elected him governor, not king.

Fabian Nunez

The problem with democracy is sometimes people you don't like get elected.

William Leogrande

No legislator in Delaware County deserves to get re-elected. Look at the record, it's a disgraceful record.

Rick Lacey

By me being there -- I can at least watch the store. So we get a good councilman elected.

James Knight

He was, however, elected by Congress to uphold and defend the constitution of the party and we have no doubt he will discharge his duties accordingly.

Paul Themba Nyathi

Was elected on a totally, totally different agenda.

Shaul Goldstein

I got elected--why the hell should I back off?

Bob Marshall

The real power ... is not the elected authorities.

Andreas Gross

I think elected officials are starting to get it. That's what it takes. Collaboration is much better than war.

Mark Bugher

We believe that it is not a democratic process and there certainly is no accountability if people can run for an elected position uncontested.

Terry Karst

Who would have said, 10, 15 years ago -- that a woman would be elected president!

Michelle Bachelet

If elected, I will win.

Pat Paulsen

Virtually every association has a board of homeowners elected by their neighbors to serve the community.

Frank Rathbun

We are still firmly in control, ... legal and democratically elected government.

Frederick Chiluba

Those who are representing the brother Sunni Arabs are not elected.

Humam Hammoudi

This is a sad day for Congressman DeLay's constituents in the 22nd District, who deserve so much better from their elected representative but unfortunately, it should come as no surprise.

Nick Lampson

Dana and Chris always said they were elected to a club they never wanted to join.

Maggie Goldberg

They've been operating city hall from the library since I was elected.

Paul Farris

But this is not a job we do to win popularity points, ... I was elected to enforce the law. And anytime a grown man has sex with a child, it's not a close call for me.

Jon Bruning

I guess the argument could be made that it's a discretionary decision made by five elected officials.

Charles Johnson

Another misconception is that we are elected officials, and we are the final decision-makers.

Tom Jarvis

It didn't have anything to do with him being elected. It wasn't something that he was taught to do. It was something that he had in him.

Jimmy Johnson

These freely elected presidents came to us and said, 'Help us,' ... We help them by voting yes on CAFTA.

Bill Thomas

We're both complimentary and appreciative of the assistance and support that's being provided by the city of Covington, both at the elected officials' level and at the administrative level.

Bill Butler

Elected to make tough decisions, and this was one of them.

Michael Brady

By the time Arnold got elected, it was already too late for us to place orders.

Scott Wentworth

There's no way in the world when I get elected that I will throw the baby out with the bath water.

Adrian M. Fenty

Do not accept mediocrity from yourselves, do not accept it from your teachers and do not accept it from your elected officials.

Bob Tigro

The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected you, are not fooled by your weapons of mass distraction.

Michael Moore

George Gilliam was 30 years old when he was elected constable.

Reginlo Booker

Normally, when he wants to get someone elected, he calls me.

Bob Black

You cannot fabricate facts about elected officials.

Howard Hamilton

Ernie is our governor, and I expect he will be re-elected in 2007.

Ed Whitfield

If they know they have to get elected, that it's not a foregone conclusion, then boards become better-functioning entities.

Ed Durkin