"V", this politician's middle initial, was for "Victor", not "Victory"; he ran 5 losing presidential campaigns
[DOC] [TLE] Eugene V. Debs - Wikipedia [PAR] Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855  October 20, 1926) was an 
American union ... Debs ran as a Socialist candidate for President of the United 
States five times, ...