Even so, the sultan remains the leading dark-horse candidate, and his name is mentioned alongside top oppositionist Megawati Sukarnoputri and Muslim preacher Abdurrahman Wahid.

CNN: A PRESIDENTIAL DARK HORSE

On the Democratic side, like in Iowa, it's a much more social event where there's a lot more horse swapping and people meeting in groups and people having an open declaration of their preference for a candidate and standing up in front of their friends and co-workers and neighbors to declare themselves for the candidate they prefer.

NPR: Nevada Caucuses, S.C. Votes

The third candidate, Michael Badnarik, a computer-programmer from Texas, entered the convention as a dark horse: unlike the other two hopefuls, he had not even rented a room for his campaign headquarters.

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