Crossword Puzzle Candidate who lost

Clue: Candidate who lost

Candidate who lost to McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, and Harding (DEBS with 4 letters)
GOP candidate, e.g. (POL with 3 letters)
Lost in tedium (BORED with 5 letters)
Mini-whopper (FIB with 3 letters)
Candidate's quest (VOTE with 4 letters)
... and later lost the election in key ___ (BATTLEGROUNDSTATES with 18 letters)
Cause of a lost hr. in spring (DST with 3 letters)
Candidates: 1904, 1932, etc. (ROOSEVELTS with 10 letters)
Ph.D. candidate (GRADUATESTUDENT with 15 letters)
Lost, and needing directions (GONEASTRAY with 10 letters)