Debacles Quote by Barbara Mikulski

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

— Pierre Salinger

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

— Tammy Baldwin

The specific trigger for me was when the President [Barack Obama] put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block. Why I got into…

— Jill Stein

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.

— Sharad Pawar

There was this moment in 2003 when I was asked to do a fundraiser for someone who was speaking out against the Iraq war…

— Dar Williams

When I was 33 years old, I ran for United States Congress in New York City. I lost miserably.

— Reshma Saujani

In 2002, a lot of the pundits didn't get the off-year elections right. In 2004, a lot of people thought I was going down…

— George W. Bush

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

— Lee Child

Everything I did in politics affected somebody.

— Ann Widdecombe

It was Hurricane Sandy that not only decimated parts of my district but pushed me to the brink of my frustrations with the game…

— Jon Runyan

I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I…

— Lois Frankel

I ran for parliament in 1980 as an independent against Allan J. MacEachen.

— Elizabeth May