Nobody remembers Tom Dewey or Harold Stassen, both were repeated candidates back in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Both were finally swept away by the advent of Dwight Eisenhower, of whom nobody even knew if he was a Republican or Democrat until the Republicans managed to pull him in, for the 1952 nomination season.
Still couldn’t find out if he was a Republican or Democrat, but he did have star appeal.
Actually, I think he turned out to be the second RINO president (Theodore Roosevelt was the first).