21.   But Forbes has never previously sought elected office.

22.   But Giuliani did not rule out running for elected office again.

23.   But politicians cannot concede that to be true when they are asking voters to join in the wholesale repudiation of one party and its elected office holders.

24.   But perhaps the leading Puerto Rican figure in the state holds no elected office at all.

25.   But they know that Clinton is an unusually effective politician, and that he could continue as a powerful force in his party, even without holding elected office.

26.   But this famously iconoclastic figure has not waged a successful campaign for elected office in almost two decades.

27.   Collins should have sought elected office.

28.   Church regulations governing the behavior and activities of the clergy forbid priests from running for or holding elected political office.

29.   Collor, who lives in Miami, has vowed to seek elected office again.

30.   Cuellar, a former Laredo lawmaker who served in the Texas House with Perry, said he quit to consider several career options, including elected office.