Less clear has been how far she would really go to win elective office.

He is considered to be a strong conservative but has never held elective office.

That was the last time she ran for elective office.

But she is only 30 and has never held elective office.

Blacks began to win elective office in local and state government.

He returned to the private practice of law, and would not again stand for elective office.

I had no idea running for elective office required so little work.

This is his first campaign for elective office since then.

He was not a candidate for elective office from the new state.

"I could make a very good case that you can serve better without being in elective office," he says.