In the general elections of 1987 he lead his party to electoral victory and back to power.

But his greatest electoral victory, he said, was last week's surrogate's race.

"We do not just want an electoral victory, but a social victory to change the country."

And yet his electoral victory is the best thing that could have happened.

Since the 2000 election however, Republican candidates for president have enjoyed electoral victories in the state.

But support had been no more than patchy until it was taken up by such a strong party group on the eve of electoral victory.

He restructured the party in preparation for its 1995 electoral victory.

Many also felt the military stole a 1964 electoral victory from him.

Conservatives should change anything after this, their third electoral victory.

But the rationale for the centrist turn of the Democrats was always electoral victory.