- ALSORAN
- Runner up
- Finishes out of the money
- Finished out of the money
- Loser
- Late finisher
- Third-party candidate, more often than not
- Election loser
- Non-winner
- Candidate who lost
- Aesop's hare, for one
- Poor performer
- Lackluster performer
- Unimpressive competitor
- Horse way back in the pack
- Not a winner
- Person in second place
- Long shot, usually
- One who's back in the pack
- Stevenson in 1952 and 1956, e.g.
- He almost won
- Mere participant
- Nobody
- Unsuccessful contender
- Losing candidate
- One who didn't get in
- Concession speech deliverer
- One that didn't show?
- Beaten candidate
- Unsuccessful candidate
- Concession speech giver
- Postelection figure
- Unsuccessful one
- He didn't win
- Unsuccessful entrant
- Show horse, in a way
- Last-place finisher
- Dewey, in 1948.
- A candidate who lost.
- Behind the first three: Horseracing.
- Horse in the ruck.
- The loser.
- Derby laggard.
- Luckless contender: Colloq.
- Not a prizewinner.
- Defeated contestant.
- No prize-winner, he.
- Out-of-the-money horse.
- Person of no importance.
- The defeated one.
- Loser: Colloq.
- One kind of race horse.
- Smith or Willkie.
- Defeated one.
- Postelection personality.
- Relative of a has-been.
- Out of the money.
- Racing-chart comment.
- Inferior one
- Chronic loser
- Winner's follower
- Bottom-line horse
- Trailer
- Big-A laggard
- Anderson or Carter in 1980
- Tilden in 1876
- Fourth-place finisher
- Lame duck, often
- Another finisher
- Slowpoke
- One who can't get a seat
- Minor-party candidate
- Unsuccessful person
- Defeatee
- Miss Congeniality, e.g.
- Third-place finisher, e.g.
- #3 or #4, say
- Ross Perot, in 1992 and 1996
- One not seated?
- #2 or #3
- #2 or #3, say
- Consolation prize recipient
- The hare, e.g., in "The Tortoise and the Hare"
- The hare, notably
- One who didn't make it to the office?
- Race loser
- One who's in it but doesn't win it
- Second, or worse
- One who didn't even show?
- Thomas Dewey or Hubert Humphrey, notably
- Election loser, e.g.
- Bennet, Patrick, or Ryan in 2020 (remember them? no?)
- One who couldn't get a seat
- Forgettable candidate
- Horse back in the pack
- Not a marathon winner
- One out of the money
- Horse back in the pack, e.g.
- *Losing contestant
- Aqueduct trailer
- Ineffectual competitor
- Romney, in 2012
- Loser in an election
- Back-of-the-pack sort
- Nader, in 2000
- One who's not first
- Candidate who lost the election
- Horse named on a crumpled betting slip
- Perot, e.g.
- Campaign loser
