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• #2 or #3

• #2 or #3, say

• Aesop's hare, for one

• Another finisher

• Aqueduct trailer

• Back-of-the-pack sort

• Big-A laggard

• Candicate who lost

• Competitor who didn't win

• Concession speech giver

• Defeatee

• Derby laggard

• Dewey in 1948

• Dole, in '80 and '88

• Election loser

• He almost won

• He didn't win

• Horse back in the pack

• Horse back in the pack, e.g.

• Horse named on a crumpled betting slip

• Horse way back in the pack

• Ineffectual competitor

• Lackluster performer

• Last-place finisher

• Late finisher

• Long shot, usually

• Loser

• Losing candidate

• Mere participant

• Minor-party candidate

• Miss Congeniality, e.g.

• Nader, in 2000

• Nobody

• Non-winner

• Not a marathon winner

• Not a winner

• One not seated?

• One out of the money

• One who can't get a seat

• One who didn't get in

• One who's back in the pack

• One who's not first

• Other finisher

• Out-of-the-money finisher

• Perot, e.g.

• Person in second place

• Poor performer

• Ross Perot, in 1992 and 1996

• Runner up

• Show horse, in a way

• Slowpoke

• Stevenson in 1952 and 1956, e.g.

• Third-party candidate, more often than not

• Third-place finisher, e.g.

• Track loser

• Unimpressive competitor

• Unsuccessful contender

• Unsuccessful one

• Unsuccessful person