Former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to soon declare a long-shot 2024 campaign against the president under whom he served, pitching himself as a “classical conservative” who would return the G.O.P. to its pre-Trump roots.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/no-labels-president-manchin.html

It's a first Grand National Festival triumph for Fergal O'Brien as Dysart Enos wins the Mares' Standard Open from long-shot Golden Ace in second in the final race of the day.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/horseracing/1757793/Grand-National-results-LIVE-Aintree-odds-weather-racecard-Constitution-Hill

It’s hard to argue that Biden would have ended up picking for vice president and transportation secretary had they not launched their own “long-shot” presidential runs back in 2019.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/10/29/opinion-there-may-be-more-to-dean-phillips-moon-shot-presidential-bid-than-meets-the-eye-2/

Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota, a Democrat who began a long-shot primary challenge to President Biden last month, said on Friday that he would not run for re-election next year.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/us/politics/dean-phillips-re-election-biden.html

Six months later, after a summer in which Major League Baseball and its highly skeptical Commissioner, Rob Manfred, largely refused to play ball with Diamond's restructuring plans, Diamond now appears to be a long-shot to survive past 2024.

Source: https://www.nexttv.com/news/bankrupt-diamond-reaches-short-term-renewals-with-comcast-and-directv-for-bally-sports-demands-20-fee-cuts-from-the-nba-and-nhl-to-keep-going-for-another-year-report

The former businessman and state Secretary of Revenue is considered a long-shot at best for the job.

Source: https://www.politicspa.com/can-dan-meuser-become-speaker-of-the-u-s-house/126904/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-dan-meuser-become-speaker-of-the-u-s-house

The return of ranked-choice voting comes with a long-shot push to make New York City elections nonpartisan and more inclusive.

Source: https://gothamist.com/news/ranked-choice-voting-returns-for-2023-council-primary-elections

With Biden’s Middle East team a long-shot deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Biden’s inner circle has avoided talking about Gaza entirely.

Source: https://www.vox.com/2023/10/7/23907912/israel-palestine-conflict-history-explained-gaza-hamas