1. 1992 Election Clinton wins 370-168 43% to 37 to 19

2. Bill Clinton “Man from HOPE” Georgetown, Rhodes scholar, Yale Law School – ROTC POLITICAL CAREER- back to Arkansas – Ran for Congress 1974 – Won Attorney General 1976 – Governor 1978 – Lost in 1980, won in 1982

3. Clinton Runs for President 1992 – No BIG names among Democrats – ROTC, women Wins Nomination but way behind Ross Perot Convention Republican Convention- too conservative – Quayle beats Gore – Town Hall Debate – Iran Contra

4. 1992 wins 32 of 50 states

5. 1992 Congress 1992 House of Representatives Democrats lose 9 seats 258-176 Senate No Change 56-44 (each side won 2, lost 2) CA, WI goes Democrat GA, NC goes Republican

6. 1994 Senate Republicans pick up 8 seats +1 (AL) Gain Majority 53,-47 (52-48) – Pick up AZ, MA, MI, OH, OK, PN, TN, TN – AL senator Shelby switched parties

7. 1994 House Republcians pick up 54 seats 230-204 Republican (up from 176) First time since 1954 – Universal health care, gun ban – Contract with America – Ways and Means and Judiciary Chairs lose – NO Republican incumbents lost – 34 Democrat incumbents lost – 67% of Perot voters went Republican

8. Contract With America Nationalized the race Promised a vote on issues like Term Limits, super-majority for tax increases, Congress live under the law

9. Newt Gingrich Georgia Congressman – History Professor at West Georgia College – Defeated in 1974, 1976 wins in 1978 – Affluent, well-educated district Partisan – Blames liberal policies for destroying lives of the poor – Believes in a strong military – Capitalism – Technology

10. NEWT Impolite “battering ram” Takes on the Speaker- twice – O’Neill – Jim Wright, 1987, ousted in 1989 Elected Minority Whip 1989 – Won 87-85 – Robert Michel (Minority Leader) – Barely won own re-election in 1990 and 1992

11. Clinton wins 1996 Defeats Dole 379-159 49.2% of vote

12. 1996 Election House – Republicans lose 8 – Still lead 228-206 Senate – Republicans gain 2 – Lead now 55-45

13. 1998 Six Year Itch 1934 President loses seats in Mid-Term Scandal YET- Democrats gain 5 seats – 223-211 – Republicans blame Gingrich and he is out – Hastert becomes Speaker