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Governor-elect Clinton meets with President Jimmy Carter in 1978. In 1978, Clinton entered the Arkansas gubernatorial primary. At 31 years old, he was one of the youngest gubernatorial candidates in the state's history. Clinton was elected governor of Arkansas in 1978, having defeated the Republican candidate Lynn Lowe, a farmer from Texarkana.
Bill Clinton Official portrait, 1993 42nd President of the United States In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Vice President Al Gore Preceded by George H. W. Bush Succeeded by George W. Bush 40th & 42nd Governor of Arkansas In office January 11, 1983 – December 12, 1992 Lieutenant Winston Bryant Jim Guy Tucker Preceded by Frank D. White Succeeded by Jim Guy Tucker In office ...
The governor of Arkansas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Bill Clinton (1979–1981; 1983–1992), elected five times over two distinct ...
Incumbent Governor Bill Clinton won reelection with a 25% margin of victory over Jonesboro businessman Woody Freeman. This was the last gubernatorial election in Arkansas before the implementation of Amendment 63, lengthening the term of the governor of Arkansas from two to four years. [1]
Clinton also led in fundraising. His campaign budget was a combined $709,234.00 while Lynn's was $171,382. [2]Clinton, at the age of thirty-two, became the youngest man to be elected Arkansas governor, the youngest governor in the United States since Harold E. Stassen won in Minnesota in 1938 at the age of thirty-one, and the youngest governor in the nation at this time.
In Bill Clinton's prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1988, the young governor of Arkansas bored delegates so thoroughly that they cheered when he said, “in closing ...
BY STEVE BARNES (Reuters) - With two high-profile races unfolding in Arkansas this year, Democrats have turned for help to the politician they dub the "Big Dog," former President Bill Clinton, a ...
Former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones alleged that in 1991 she was approached by state police and told that Clinton, then the governor, wanted to meet with her.