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is often difficult to defeat an incumbent who is seeking re!-
election, even though he may not be the most qualified candi-
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idate. Second, the committee feels that most individuals
have a limited span of administrative effectiveness and
that eight years approximates that span.
It should be noted that the limitation does
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not restrict the total number of terms an individual may
serve as governor, but only the number of full consecutive
elective terms. Hence, it is possible for an individual \
elected governor for two full consecutive terms to return
to private life for four years and to then be elected to
two more full terms. It is also possible for a lieutenant i
governor to succeed to the office of governor for all or !
a part of a four year term, and to then serve two full
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elective terms as governor.
The language "full term" is intended to mean a
four year term. Hence, section 4.02, when read in con-
junction with section 4.09, raises the remote possibility
that a governor could be elected for three successive "term."
For example, assume that both the governor and lieutenant
governor were killed in a common disaster during the first