The appointment was just over one year after his failed 2007 senatorial bid.

Following his failed bid for re-election, Quirino retired from politics to private life in 1953.

If he does not, he will join others who have decided to depart after a failed presidential bid.

That includes $1.2 million left over from his failed bid for governor in 2002.

Handal died less than two years after his failed presidential bid, on January 24, 2006, of a heart attack.

Biden had thought about running for president again ever since his failed 1988 bid.

Lakian spent nearly $1 million on his failed bid.

He also told him about an accounting mechanism that was said to improperly keep the costs of failed bids off Enron's books.

He never sought office again after his failed gubernatorial bid.

Mr. Cuomo began the race with about $1.2 million left over from his failed bid for governor in 2002.