Senator Bob Dole of Kansas.
President Bill Clinton defeated former Senator Robert Dole in the 1996 presidential election.
No, there were no significant challengers from within the Democratic Party to Bill Clinton during his reelection campaign for his second term as president in 1996. Clinton easily secured the Democratic nomination and ran unopposed within his own party.
The President of the United States in 1996 was Bill Clinton. He was serving his second term after winning reelection in the presidential election held that year. Clinton, a member of the Democratic Party, first took office in 1993.
This is possibly an unfounded rumor but chances are that getting a majority of the votes may have been instrumental in his victory.
Yes, Bob Dole ran for president against Bill Clinton in 1996.
The election of 1996 was Bill Clinton's second term as President of the United States.
In 1996, the Clinton/Gore team ran against, and ran over, Bob Dole from Kansas with his running mate Jack Kemp. Bill Clinton and Al Gore were reelected to a second term as President/Vice President.
Bill Clinton was re-elected as US President in 1996.
Clinton "presidented" every year from 1993 to 2000. He was elected President in 1992 and 1996.
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
Democratic Party candidate incumbent President William Clinton won reelection in the 1996 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate Bob Dole. In the 1996 presidential election William Clinton received 379 electoral votes and Bob Dole received 159 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Clinton 45,590,703 and Dole 37,816,307. Reform Party candidate H. Ross Perot received 7,866,284 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.