In 1992 George H. W. Bush ran for the Republicans and lost, H. Ross Perot ran as an Independent and lost. Bill Clinton (William J. Clinton) won the election.
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Senator John McCain was the losing Republican candidate in 2008. There were also some minor party candidates who lost as well.
Yes. Richard M. Nixon originally ran for President in 1960 after serving two terms as Dwight D. Eisenhower's Vice-President, but lost to John F. Kennedy. Nixon ran again and won in 1968.
Harold Stassen ran for US president nine times between 1948 and 1992.
President George H. W. Bush won the election of 1988 then lost the election of 1992, after which he did not run again. His son, President George W. Bush, never lost a Presidential election.
James Buchanan ran for the Democratic nomination three times (in 1844 ,1848 and 1852 ) before he was finally nominated and won the election in 1856.
John Glenn ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984. He lost to Walter Mondale.