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His budget numbers were contested by Tim Russert on Meet the Press, during a heated interview, after which, a frustrated Perot considered dropping out of the race. [24] C-SPAN ran a speech by Perot, where he announced that he hoped to run a campaign without "political pros" [37] to avoid the "dirty tricks" [37] of past campaigns.
Ross Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas in 1930, the son of Lula May (née Ray) and Gabriel Ross Perot, [3] a commodity broker specializing in cotton contracts. [4] [5] He had an older brother, Gabriel Perot Jr., who died as a toddler. [6]
The campaign continued with a lopsided lead for Clinton through September, [84] until Ross Perot decided to re-enter the race. [85] Ross Perot's re-entry in the race was welcomed by the Bush campaign, as Fred Steeper, a poll taker for Bush, said, "He'll be important if we accomplish our goal, which is to draw even with Clinton."
Perot was the first non-major party candidate to win any Texas counties since George Wallace in 1968. As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last time these four aforementioned counties have not voted Republican, [ 5 ] and the last time a non-major party candidate won any of Texas's counties.
Billionaire businessman Ross Perot, running as an Independent, finished in third, with 13.70% of the vote, a relatively strong showing for a third party candidate, and his second highest showing in the Southeast, behind only Florida.
Mississippi was Perot's second-worst performance, only ahead of the District of Columbia. [10] The Democrats retained all five U.S. House seats in those concurrent elections. [11] 67% of white voters supported Bush, while 22% supported Clinton. 11% supported Perot. [12]
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Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 22.59% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. [2] This was the best result the New England-born Bush would record in that region for the 1992 election.