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Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican nominee (and the party's nominee for vice president in 1976), and Ross Perot, the Reform Party nominee and 1992 independent presidential candidate.
Aug 23, 2024 · United States presidential election of 1996 was an election held on November 5, 1996, in which Democrat Bill Clinton won a second term, defeating Republican Bob Dole, a former U.S. senator from Kansas. Clinton captured 49 percent of the vote to Dole’s 41 percent and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot’s 8 percent.
After becoming the presumptive nominee, he selected Al Gore, a senator from Tennessee as his running mate; the Clinton–Gore ticket defeated the incumbent, President George H. W. Bush, and Vice President Dan Quayle. In December 1992, he resigned as governor and became the 42nd president of the United States on January 20, 1993.
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Apr 22, 1994 · Al Gore was Senator from Tennessee and vice-President under Bill Clinton. He ran for President against George W. Bush in 2000 but lost despite an extremely close margin of votes as well as lawsuits that had to be decided in the Supreme Court.
The 1992 United States presidential election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992. Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas.
The President's much-criticized decision in August of 1995 to authorize air strikes against the Serbs in Bosnia had unexpectedly produced a cease-fire within a month, giving Clinton the image of competence in foreign affairs.
Jul 23, 2024 · The United States presidential election of 1992 was an election held on November 3, 1992, in which Democrat Bill Clinton defeated incumbent Republican Pres. George H.W. Bush.
