| DOGCATCHER | Position that an inept politician could supposedly never be elected to |
| FORD | *One of four presidents to have never been elected |
| MCJOB | Position that an up-and-comer is unlikely to take |
| SAFESEAT | Position that an incumbent politician will likely hold |
| DEMOCRAT | American politician could react with a Mod (8) |
| ELIXIR | It could supposedly change base metals into gold (6) |
| ONASIXPENCE | The Austin FX4 London taxi could supposedly turn ____ |
| HELENSUZMAN | Pioneering politician could, with Zen, shun male condemnations (5,6) |
| LUNCH | One supposedly never free to start releasing article |
| AFREELUNCH | Unreal chef cooked something that's supposedly never available (1,4,5) |
| CUSTOMER | Honour, in general, person who's supposedly never wrong |
| RUN | Sprint / attempt to be elected to a public office |
| FREESTANDING | Liberal hoping to be elected to parliament as independent? |
| ELECTIVE | Can be elected to office open to one's choice (8) |
| STANDING | Hoping to be elected to get kudos |
| CANDIDATES | They hope to be elected to different seat after being outspoken (4,6) |
| BARBARA | Jordan who was the first Southern Black woman to be elected to Congress |
| LINDABURNEY | Who was the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, where she served as the Minister for Indigenous Australians? (5.6) |
| KNIGHT | Painter Dame Laura who, in 1936, broke tradition when she became the first woman to be elected to full membership of the Royal Academy (6) |
| CHAIRMAN | He may well have been elected to his seat (8) |
