| FILLMORE | 13th US president (1850-1853) who unsuccessfully ran again in 1856 |
| VANBUREN | Eighth US president (1837-1841) who unsuccessfully ran again in 1844 and 1848: 2 wds. |
| ROOSEVELT | 26th US president (1901-1909) who unsuccessfully ran again in 1912 |
| MILLARDFILLMORE | US president, 1850-53 (7,8) |
| PETRIE | Flinders, British archaeologist and Egyptologist born in 1853 who invented sequence dating (6) |
| CLEVELAND | 22nd US president (1885-1889) who successfully ran again in 1892 |
| KANYEWEST | Rapper/singer who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020: 2 wds. |
| ROSEANNEBARR | Comedian and actress who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2012: 2 wds. |
| UDALL | Mo who unsuccessfully ran for president in 1976 |
| RUBENBLADES | Actor-musician who unsuccessfully ran for the Panamanian presidency in 1994 (5,6) |
| CYNTHIANIXON | Sex and the City actress who unsuccessfully ran for New York governor in 2018: 2 wds. |
| CLAYAIKEN | American Idol runner-up who unsuccessfully ran for a North Carolina congressional seat in 2014: 2 wds. |
| GRANCANARIA | Car ran again after repairs in holiday destination (4,7) |
| ORNERY | Stubborn in US yen to finish runs again |
| JOEBUGNER | Boxer who unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight championship in 1975 (3,6) |
| RICHARD | ....... Dunn, British boxer who unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1976 (7) |
| FLOWERED | Having come out, ran again inside (8) |
| DALLAS | City in Texas (pop about 1.4 million), incorporated in 1856 (6) |
| HEINE | Heinrich, German lyric poet who died in 1856 (5) |
| GIBBONS | Stanley, English stamp dealer who founded a stamp catalogue in 1856 (7) |
