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 election marked the end of a period of Republican dominance in American presidential politics that began in 1968,and also marked the end of 12 years of Republican rule of the White House,as well as the end of the Greatest Generation's 32-year American rule and the beginning of the baby boomers' 28-year dominance until 2020. It was the last time the incumbent president failed to win a second term until Donald Trump in 2020.
James Allen Hightower is an American syndicated columnist,progressive political activist,and author. From 1983 to 1991 he served as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture. He publishes a monthly newsletter that is notable for its in-depth investigative reporting,The Hightower Lowdown.
Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20,1993,and ended on January 20,2001. Clinton,a Democrat from Arkansas,took office following his victory over Republican incumbent president George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential election. Four years later,in the 1996 presidential election,he defeated Republican nominee Bob Dole and Perot again,to win re-election. Clinton was succeeded by Republican George W. Bush,who won the 2000 presidential election.
Ralph Webster Yarborough was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his party. Along with Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn,but unlike most Southern congressmen,Yarborough refused to support the 1956 Southern Manifesto,which called for resistance to the racial integration of schools and other public places. Yarborough voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,1960,1964,and 1968,as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,the Voting Rights Act of 1965,and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court. Yarborough was the only senator from a state that was part of the Confederacy to vote for all five bills.
Paul Edward Begala is an American political consultant and political commentator,best known as the former advisor to President Bill Clinton.
Carol Martha Browner is an American lawyer,environmentalist,and businesswoman,who served as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. Browner previously served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. She currently works as a Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group,a global business strategy firm.
Anthony Lee Coelho is an American politician from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the primary sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act and is a former chairman and current member of the board of directors of the Epilepsy Foundation.
The 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton,the then-governor of Arkansas,was announced on October 3,1991,at the Old State House in Little Rock,Arkansas. After winning a majority of delegates in the Democratic primaries of 1992,the campaign announced that then-junior U.S. senator from Tennessee,Al Gore,would be Clinton's running mate. The Clinton–Gore ticket defeated Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle in the presidential election on November 3,1992,and took office as the 42nd president and 45th vice president,respectively,on January 20,1993.
Bruce Andrew Morrison is an American attorney and former Congressman from Connecticut who was candidate for Governor of Connecticut. He is a lobbyist and immigration lawyer. He is a member of the Democratic Party,and an officer of the National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Committee.
The 1998 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1998,to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor George W. Bush was re-elected in a landslide over 4-term Democratic Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro,winning 68% of the vote to Mauro's 31%. Bush carried 239 counties,while Mauro carried just 15. Exit polls revealed that Bush won 27% of the African-American vote,which was the highest percentage for any Republican statewide candidate,and 49% of the Latino vote. Bush was sworn in for a second term as Governor on January 19,1999.
The 1994 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1994,to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ann Richards was defeated in her bid for re-election by Republican nominee and future President George W. Bush,the son of former President George H. W. Bush.
David J. Hayes is an American attorney and legal scholar who serves in the Biden Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy. Hayes has led White House work on clean energy deployment issues,climate resilience and greenhouse gas emission reduction and carbon sequestration initiatives. Hayes also has assisted in developing and implementing the climate-related provisions included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Irwin Redlener is an American pediatrician and public health activist who specializes in health care for underserved children and disaster planning,response,and recovery. He is the author of The Future of Us:What the Dreams of Children Mean for 21st Century America (2017/2020) and the author of Americans at Risk:Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now (2006).
Clinton Manges was a controversial oil tycoon in Texas in the 1970s and 1980s.
Gerald Anthony "Jerry" Sadler,was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1961,the Texas Railroad Commission from 1939 to 1943,and the Commissioner of the General Land Office from 1961 to 1971.
Stephen Peter Munisteri is an American attorney who served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2010 to 2015. In 2017,Munisteri was appointed to the White House staff as deputy assistant to the president and principal deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison.
Ken Martin is an American political figure from Minnesota. He is Chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party,President of the Association of State Democratic Committees,and a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Raymond D. Strother was a nationally known Democratic political consultant,originally from Port Arthur,Texas.
Jack Martin is an entrepreneur,businessman,and rancher. He previously served as the global executive chairman and chief executive officer of Hill+Knowlton Strategies,a global public relations consultancy,and as a Democratic consultant. Martin is a former chairman of the Texas State University System Board of Regents and has served on the LBJ Foundation's board of trustees. The foundation supports the LBJ Presidential Library and LBJ School of Public Affairs. Jack Martin also served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Baylor Scott and White hospital system. Martin is also a member of the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
The 1972 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 7,1972,as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon overwhelmingly won the state of Texas with 66.20% of the vote,to the Democratic Party candidate George McGovern's 33.24%,thus giving him the state's 26 electoral votes. This result made Texas 9.8% more Republican than the nation-at-large. This was the first time a Republican won the state of Texas since Texas-born Dwight D. Eisenhower won it in 1956,even as Democrat Dolph Briscoe won the gubernatorial election on the same Ballot.
