Republican Party took the 2004 election, with George W. Bush and Dick Cheney being reelected.
The spoiler is a political candidate (sometimes of a third party) who has little to no chance of winning an election but can still decide the fate of an election by taking votes away from other candidates.
Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate in the 1996 presidential election.
That is an election held by a political party as part of the process of nominating a candidate to represent the party in the presidential election.
President William Taft was the Republican Party candidate in the 1912 presidential election .
The losing party is likely weakened, especially if the election is not close.
Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan won the 1856 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John Freemont.
primary election
James Baird Weaver (June 12, 1833 - February 6, 1912) never became President of the United States.He did, however, run for President twice on third-party tickets.1st as the presidential nominee of the Greenback Party in 1880.2nd as the presidential nominee of the People's (Populist) Party - a party he helped create - in 1892.
Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate in the 1996 presidential election.
It was the first presidential election with a nominee from the Republican Party.
The Whig party candidates for the presidential election of 1840 were William Henry Harrison, Henry Clay, and Winfield Scott.
Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan won the 1856 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John Freemont and American Party candidate Millard Fillmore.