1.   It will be much easier to reactivate the application of an unsuccessful candidate who has been let down gently.

2.   Chief executive Tom Hughes said the reason for the delay was to inform the unsuccessful candidates before a public announcement was made.

3.   Several times an unsuccessful council candidate in Washington East he has been telling us how his work and his passionate concern combine.

4.   An unsuccessful candidate for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination in California last year, Issa is now dedicating much of his time to raising money for Bush.

5.   But a small number of unsuccessful candidates who tried to overturn their defeats in close Florida races and failed are watching with some feeling of vindication.

6.   But over the weekend, Barbour called Buchanan and made him the same offer that had been extended to other unsuccessful primary candidates.

7.   Canova himself had been an unsuccessful candidate for the Washington Supreme Court that year.

8.   By then, he was an unsuccessful presidential candidate after having run a woefully poor race earlier that year.

9.   Chavez also had been an unsuccessful U.S. Senate candidate in Maryland and a conservative commentator.