Having courted conservatives during his election campaign in 1988, he spurned them in government.
Mr Tipping promised to hold a consultation on the issue during his election campaign.
London Mayor Boris Johnson said during his election campaign driverless trains would be operational within a decade.
Obama, during his election campaign, made the crisis in Darfur a major focus.
During his election campaign he made no secret of his admiration for America and his desire to mend Franco-American relations.
But Francois Hollande directly challenged the German narrative during his election campaign.
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He promised during his election campaign to end their hold on power.
During his election campaign Mr Abe had also suggested that the central bank should print "unlimited" yen to help stoke an increase in consumer prices.
They, too, are expected to increase and that will be acutely embarrassing for President Francois Hollande who promised, during his election campaign, to bring unemployment down.
Once a confirmed Eurosceptic, still painfully Euro-hesitant during his election campaign, now apparently an ardent pro-European, he still seems hazy about what kind of Europe he seeks.
During his election campaign, Garcia assured Peru's business sector that he would not repeat the leftist populist policies of his 1985-1990 presidency - a promise he has kept.
During his election campaign, Mr Sharif said he would end Pakistan's involvement in the US-led war on terror, without saying whether that included military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
During his election campaign Mr Abe had even hinted that the government may look at altering the law that ensures the central bank's independence if it does not take adequate steps.
European Union countries wanted to know whether Bush would return to negotiations on sealing the 1997 Kyoto pact on reducing pollution blamed for climate change, an agreement he had called "unfair to America" during his election campaign.
Analysts said that with Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner having a two-thirds majority in the lower house, it was highly likely that Mr Abe will be to implement the measures that he had promised during his election campaign.
Though he promised during his 1995 election campaign to hold a referendum, Mr Chirac has long since abandoned that idea.
During his victorious election campaign earlier this year he remained opposed to Palestinian statehood, and spoke out vociferously against the Hamas administration which runs the Gaza Strip.
In the recent state elections, Gujarat's Chief Minister Narendra Modi used 3D holographic technology and satellite link-ups to address a wider audience during his state election campaign.
McConnell noted that Reid did not visit Kentucky during his re-election campaign in 2008.
During his re-election campaign the government subsidised household goods and launched a crash programme of cheap public housing.
President Reagan tapped him for a photo op during his re-election campaign swing through Boston (the Gipper took blue state Massachusetts that year).
Obama announced his support last year during his re-election campaign.
In appealing the ruling, the administration recommitted itself to a position Obama took during his re-election campaign that younger teens shouldn't have unabated access to emergency contraceptives, despite the insistence by physicians groups and much of his Democratic base that the pill should be readily available.
In 2008, she worked for Vice President Biden in various capacities, travelling with him as his Issues Director during the general election campaign and serving as his Deputy Chief of Staff and Policy Director in the U.S. Senate -- where she managed domestic and economic policy development and legislative initiatives -- as well as his principal domestic policy advisor during his own Presidential campaign.
In 2007, he survived an ambush by gunmen who attacked his convoy during an election campaign tour.
Attorney General Janet Reno in September ordered a 90-day investigation of Clinton's fund-raising during his 1996 re-election campaign.
Gareth Thomas, the Labour MP for Harrow West and a former international development minister, told the committee he had been "worried" by the influx of Conservative money into his constituency during the general election campaign.
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His huge public rallies during the election campaign were full of sometimes foul-mouthed rants against the system.
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Anastasiades, who only assumed the Cypriot presidency on March 1st, had vehemently rejected any idea of going after deposits to help pay for a bailout during the campaign and after his election.
Mr Obama's economic blueprint is likely to have a familiar ring - he pledged during last year's election campaign to create a million manufacturing jobs during his second term.
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