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
Lamm also was an unsuccessful candidate for a 1992 Democratic U.S.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2021
Madame de S�vign�'s son-in-law, the Comte de Grignan, was an unsuccessful candidate for it in competition with Frontenac.
From The Fighting Governor A Chronicle of Frontenac by Colby, Charles W. (Charles William)
