unsuccessful candidate
Example Sentences
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He is a past unsuccessful candidate for the school board, city controller and the state Assembly.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Mr Magee was an unsuccessful candidate for the party in the Ballyclare area during local government elections in 2023.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2025
In 1986, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the state gubernatorial primary when he lost to the hugely popular Baltimore mayor, William Donald Schaefer.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022
A voter who backed such an unsuccessful candidate would then have his or her second choice tabulated, presuming that candidate remained in the race.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
In 1854 he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Reform interest for the constituency of Montmagny, in the Canadian Assembly.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent
