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I have won elections and I have lost elections.

The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party.

I've been in a lot of elections.

I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.

I lost my election because of my campaign, not because of what anyone else did.

I haven't lost an election since middle school.

I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.