He ran for Congress in 1856, and was narrowly defeated.

Our team was narrowly defeated in this year's area final.

Such a bill was narrowly defeated last week in the Senate.

He left Congress to run for governor and was narrowly defeated in 1999.

He also stood in the 1896 election, but was narrowly defeated.

In 1946, it was narrowly defeated by the full Senate, 38-35.

My main proposals were narrowly defeated in the committee vote.

The same year, he stood for the federal seat of Herbert, but was narrowly defeated.

She was narrowly defeated by Ferguson in the 2006 election.

A similar proposal was narrowly defeated by California voters last year.