Also the elections have resulted in many surprise victories and losses.

Peterson's surprise victory is regarded by many as the start of the party's comeback.

Instead, without the authority that comes with a surprise victory, the weak spots in his campaign came into focus.

At first, the surprise victories did not narrow the field.

The ad was considered a major reason for Obama's surprise victory in the Democratic primary.

Having a previous best of a modest 20.96 seconds before the championships, his 20.69 s performance in the final was a surprise victory.

His wealth helped him engineer a surprise victory in the 1996 Senate race.

However, he passed one rider after another to jump up right to the head of the field to take a surprise victory.

"It was a good win," he said of his surprise victory on Monday.

That proved an important factor in his surprise victory for governor two years later.