Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1982
Encyclopedia
The Arkansas gubernatorial election of 1982 was the second since Reconstruction in which an incumbent was defeated.
One-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton
regained the position after having narrowly been defeated by Republican Frank D. White
at the previous election. Clinton continued to serve until he was elected President of the United States
in 1992
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in November 1992.
One-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
regained the position after having narrowly been defeated by Republican Frank D. White
Frank D. White
Frank Durward White was the 41st Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He served a single two-year term from 1981 to 1983. He is one of only two people to have defeated President Bill Clinton in an election. Frank Durward White (June 4, 1933 – May 21, 2003) was...
at the previous election. Clinton continued to serve until he was elected President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
in 1992
United States presidential election, 1992
The United States presidential election of 1992 had three major candidates: Incumbent Republican President George Bush; Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot....
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Democratic nomination
- Gov. Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas 1979-1981
- Lt. Governor Joe Purcell, former Acting Governor of Arkansas, 1979, former Lieutenant Governor 1975-1981
Campaign
Bill Clinton, one of the youngest ex-governors in the nation, at the age of 36, was running to reclaim his political career. Frank White easily won renomination from the Republican party. The rematch was a feisty one, and Clinton won the election, and would run again in 1986, 1990, until his presidential victoryBill Clinton presidential campaign, 1992
Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign for President of the United States was a critical turning point for the Democratic Party, which had controlled the White House for only four of the previous twenty-four years. Initially viewed as an unlikely prospect to win his party's nomination, Clinton did so and...
in November 1992.