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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2004, 10:37:25 PM » |
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Past unsuccessful Presidential Candidates and their later (elective) political careers:
Al Gore: nothing Bob Dole: nothing
Michael Dukakis: Served out remaining two years of his term as Governor of Massachusetts. Did not run for elective office thereafter.
Walter Mondale: Ran for Minnesota Senate, 2002. Lost.
George McGovern: Served out remaining two years of his Senate term. Won re-election, 1974. Lost re-election bid, 1980. Failed in his bid for nomination of the Democratic Party in the 1984 Presidential race.
Hubert Humphrey: Ran for Senate, 1970. Won. Won re-election to the Senate, 1976. Died in office.
Barry Goldwater: Ran for Senate, 1968. Won. Won re-election to the Senate, 1974, 1980, 1984. Retired, 1987.
Adlai Stevenson: No elective offices
Thomas Dewey: Re-elected as Governor of New York, 1946, 1950.
Wendell Wilkie: Never held elective office, before or after.
Alf Landon: Lived another 50 years, but did not hold another elective office (to my knowledge)
Al Smith: Nothing.
John W. Davis: Nothing
Bob LaFollette: Served out his Senate term until his death.
and so forth...
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