unsuccessful candidate

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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

Republicans seeking the seat include former baseball MVP Steve Garvey and attorney Eric Early, an unsuccessful candidate for state attorney general in 2022 and 2018 and Congress in 2020.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023

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

In 1863 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Montreal West, his successful opponent being the late Hon. Thomas D'Arcy McGee.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles