#election

In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, that I would do the best I could for a limited time. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

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In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the other side, was so much more important that I put it in just that context. ↗

— John N. Mitchell

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All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process changed, but it seems once you win and get to Congress, that doesn't happen. ↗

— John Murray

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I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election. ↗

— Pervez Musharraf

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We have been spending beyond our means, we are going to focus on the projects that we committed to in the election but importantly if there is additional projects or new things that come up they have to have a business case, they have to work and they can't impose financial stress on families and private individuals and businesses. ↗

— Campbell Newman

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Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding's selection of a cabinet. ↗

— George William Norris

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If everybody that voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election. ↗

— Barack Obama

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I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football. ↗

— Trey Parker

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For us political activists and candidates, the morning after any election is a mix of emotions - the personal and the immediate, the culmination of your own recent campaigning efforts; and the fortunes of your party and the success or otherwise of what you stand for and believe in. ↗

— Lucy Powell

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Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election. ↗

— Michael Reagan

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