1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries

1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1988 February 10 to June 9, 1992 1996 →
4,201 delegates to the Democratic National Convention 2,101 (majority) votes needed to win
Candidate Bill Clinton Jerry Brown Paul Tsongas Home state Arkansas California Massachusetts Delegate count 3,372 596 289 Contests won 37 6 9 Popular vote 10,482,411 4,071,232 3,656,010 Percentage 52.0% 20.2% 18.1%   Candidate Tom Harkin Bob Kerrey Home state Iowa Nebraska Delegate count 49 15 Contests won 3 1 Popular vote 280,304 318,457 Percentage 1.4% 1.6%
First place by pledged delegate allocation First place by popular vote      Bill Clinton      Jerry Brown      Paul Tsongas      Tom Harkin      Bob Kerrey
Previous Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis Democratic nominee Bill Clinton

From February 10 to June 9, 1992, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1992 United States presidential election. Despite scandals and questions about his character, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won the nomination through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1992 Democratic National Convention held from July 13 to July 16, 1992, in New York City. Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore were nominated by the convention for president and vice president, respectively.

Clinton and Gore went on to take advantage of the chaos and disarray of the Reagan coalition and win the presidential election, defeating incumbent President George H. W. Bush and becoming the first Democratic nominee since Jimmy Carter to win a presidential election.