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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] His patrilineal line traces back to a French-Canadian immigrant to the colony of Louisiana in the 1740s ...
Grass-root organizations sprang up in every state to help Perot achieve ballot access following his announcement on the February 20, 1992, edition of Larry King Live. James Stockdale , a retired Navy vice admiral, was Perot's running mate.
Ross Perot was on the ballot in every state. Reform candidates Ross Perot – party founder and businessman from Texas; Richard Lamm – former Governor of Colorado; David L. Boren – former Senator from and former Governor of Oklahoma (declined) Lowell P. Weicker Jr. – former Senator from and former Governor of Connecticut (declined)
Ross Perot was on the ballot in every state; in six states (Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania) Perot was placed on the ballot through the formation of a political party supporting his candidacy. His electoral performance in each of those states led to those parties being given ballot-qualified status.
The state was won in 1992 by Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton with 44.07 percent of the popular vote, over incumbent President George Herbert Walker Bush with 33.92 percent of the popular vote — the smallest vote share for a Republican since 1860 when the party was not seriously contesting slave states outside of the Missouri Rhineland. [1]
The 1996 presidential campaign of Ross Perot, an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and the founder of the Reform Party, was announced on July 10, 1996. Perot said he would seek the Reform Party nomination for president of the United States in the 1996 election during an appearance on Larry King Live .
Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.01 percent of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot. [ 2 ] As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Beckham County , Delaware County , Washita County , and Stephens ...
Perot bested Clinton or Bush for second place in 19 out of Colorado's 64 Counties and also won pluralities of the vote in Moffat County and San Juan County, the state providing Perot two county victories out of only fifteen county equivalents which Perot won nationwide. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.