He had just lost the election for student body president by 60 votes.
He first ran for the Senate in 1952 but lost by 475 votes.
He lost by less than 100 votes and died within a week.
President Bush only lost the district by 8,000 votes in 2004.
However, he lost his seat by 462 votes in the 1970 general election.
He lost by only 58 votes in the 2006 race.
He ran again in the 1984 federal election, and lost by almost 21,000 votes.
The first time, in 1948, he lost by just 148 votes.
He lost to Taylor the following year by 640 votes.
She lost the rest of the state by 94,607 votes.