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The Baha'is have a system that kinda works like that. They don't have clergy, the have democratically elected spiritual assemblys. The rule is that no one that wants the position can have it. The communities elect people that have proven they can lead with humility.
I think we would do well with elections based sortition.
For any given elected position, you select 12 candidates at random from among the whole population. You give them a chance to decline the run if they want. If they decline to run, then you draw more names until you get 12 candidates. You then run an election with those 12 people on the ballot.
You essentially replace the primary process with a random lottery. With a pool of 12 candidates, it would be very rare to not have some representation among both the left and right for any given election. And people would still get to choose the final winner. But the real sociopaths, the people who want power above all else, who will sell their souls for it? They're simply extremely unlikely to win the lottery to become a candidate.