Possible Clues:

• Candidate who lost the election
• A capital band managed to be mediocre
• Beaten, alas no winner, ultimately?
• One failing to get a place in annals, or annal
• Capital ensemble established in island has not been successful
• Loser in an election
• Players in Irish barony once defeated competitor
• Postelection figure
• Second, or worse
• One who's in it but doesn't win it