Historical context: Other examples of young buzzworthy upstarts losing a high profile campaign

[Stuart G]

6. This bold young 38 year old lost an election but came back, 2000, Barack Obama..read this story..

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Yes, this did happen. please note: If you read this, at one point the article says, Obama is running for President. He had not been elected yet. Please note the date of the article: September 8, 2007......
On February 10, 2007, Barack Obama, , announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois. Congressman Bobby Rush, who Obama ran against in 2000, was just reelected on November 6.. Results are below. Rush has been the Congressman of that district since 1993.
(Article about Obama running and losing below numbers...)
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Results of Nov 6, 2018 Election..
Bobby Rush*
Democrat....
181,020 73.0%
Jimmy Lee Tillman
Republican.....
50,227 20.3 %
Thomas Rudbeck
Independent....
16,752 6.8 %
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Results of March 21, 2000 Illinois Primary Election for 1st Congressional Dist. Here are the numbers:
here is link, scroll down to 1st Congressional Dist:

https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionResults.aspx?ID=RG8uRPVzAkI%3D

This was the Democratic Primary Election, which Obama lost

Bobby Rush........59,599
Barack Obama....29,203
Donnie Trotter......6,915
George Robby.......1,501

This is the article about Obama running in 2000:

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/us/politics/09obama.html