Has there been a general election loser coming back and get the party nomination again?

[Claustrum]

In recent history, I can't recall any candidate who loses in the general election comes back and becomes the nominee again. Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, Mitten all didn't seek another chance. Usually, the party that lost would do some soul searching for why they lost and find a new candidate.

Is TFG defying history again? I can't help but think it's a cult more and more each day. I guess the whole stolen election thing kept him as the center of attention and never gave a chance for people to do the soul searching needed. Other candidate usually stay quiet and let the party do it's thing.

[blogslug]

1. Yes

[elleng]

4. OYE!

[Claustrum]

6. Thanks.

The parallel is uncanny. The republicans really have no idea how ironically this is. They are repeating the same mistake they did with Nixon.

[Bristlecone]

8. This made me laugh.

[MacKasey]

2. Nixon lost in 1960 and won in 1968

[DFW]

3. There was this guy named Nixon about 55 years ago............

The Republican Party is no longer hindered by a soul to search.

[TexasTowelie]

5. William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson are a couple that come to mind. nt

[Walleye]

7. I remember Adley Stevenson losing the second time

[In It to Win It]

9. Grover Cleveland... lost reelection and then ran again after losing

[Freddie]

11. And then won

That’s the scariest precedent of all.

[First Speaker]

10. Dewey lost to FDR in 1944 and won the nomination in 1948...

...and lost again, to everyone's astonishment...

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

12. Adlai Stevenson

Lost as POTUS in 1952 and 1960

[Kaleva]

13. Cleveland. Served a term, lost , won again to serve another term.