A report on Paul Tsongas

Boott Cotton Mill, Museum and Trolley - Lowell Nat'l. Historical Park
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska
Tsongas presidential campaign bumper sticker
New Hampshire delegates for Tsongas on the DNC convention floor
Madison Square Garden, site of the 1992 Democratic National Convention
Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts
Tsongas's gravestone in Lowell Cemetery

American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1979 until 1985 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until 1979.

- Paul Tsongas

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Official portrait, 1993

Bill Clinton

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American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

Official portrait, 1993
Clinton in Hot Springs High School's 1963 yearbook
Photo of Clinton at age 17 shaking hands with President John F. Kennedy at the White House in 1963
Clinton ran for president of the Student Council while attending the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Results of the 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election. Clinton won the counties in blue.
Newly elected Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton meets with President Jimmy Carter, 1978
Governor and Mrs. Clinton attend the Dinner Honoring the Nation's Governors in the White House with President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, 1987.
The Clintons in a White House Christmas portrait
1992 electoral vote results. Clinton won 370–168.
1996 electoral vote results. Clinton won 379–159.
Clinton and Vice President Al Gore on the South Lawn, August 10, 1993
Yitzhak Rabin, Clinton and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993
Clinton's coat of arms, granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland in 1995
Clinton's impeachment trial in 1999
Future president Donald Trump and Clinton shaking hands at Trump Tower, June 2000
Col. Paul Fletcher, USAF and Clinton speak before boarding Air Force One, November 4, 1999
Clinton shaking hands with Gerry Adams outside a business in East Belfast, November 30, 1995
Clinton plays the saxophone presented to him by Russian president Boris Yeltsin at a private dinner in Russia, January 13, 1994
Clinton during a briefing on Kosovo, March 31, 1999.
Clinton and Chinese president Jiang Zemin holding a joint press conference at the White House, October 29, 1997
Ruth Bader Ginsburg accepting her nomination to the Supreme Court from President Clinton, 1993
Clinton's approval ratings throughout his presidential career (Roper Center)
Clinton addressing the Parliament of Great Britain on November 29, 1995
Clinton and Monica Lewinsky on February 28, 1997
Clinton greets a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, September 5, 2005. In the background, second from the right, is then-Senator Barack Obama.
Former president George H. W. Bush and Clinton in the White House Library, January 2005
Clinton speaking at the 2008 Democratic National Convention
The state funeral of George H. W. Bush in December 2018
Clinton with then-President Barack Obama and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett in July 2010
Clinton, his wife Hillary, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York City on September 29, 2014
Clinton campaigning at an election rally for his wife Hillary who was running for President of the United States, 2016
Clinton speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
Secretary of Defense Cohen presents President Clinton the DoD Medal for Distinguished Public Service.
Bill Clinton statue in Ballybunion, erected to commemorate his 1998 golfing visit
Bill Clinton statue in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo
Former President Bill Clinton is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then president Barack Obama.
Clinton during the signing of the Israel–Jordan peace treaty, with Yitzhak Rabin (left) and King Hussein of Jordan (right)

Clinton fell far behind former Massachusetts senator Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire polls.

1992 United States presidential election

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The 52nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992.

The 52nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992.

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.
Businessman Ross Perot from Texas
Andre Marrou was on the ballot in every state.
Lenora Fulani was on the ballot in thirty-nine states (352 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which she was an official write-in candidate.
John Hagelin was on the ballot in twenty-eight states (264 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which he was an official write-in candidate.
Howard Phillips was on the ballot in twenty-one states (215 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which he was an official write-in candidate.
Bo Gritz was on the ballot in eighteen states (161 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which he was an official write-in candidate.
Lyndon LaRouche was on the ballot in seventeen states (156 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which he was an official write-in candidate.
James Warren was on the ballot in thirteen states (148 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which he was an official write-in candidate.
Ron Daniels was on the ballot in eight states (126 Electoral Votes). Those states with a lighter shade are states in which he was an official write-in candidate.
Results by congressional district.
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Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote
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He defeated former Governor of California Jerry Brown, former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, and other candidates to win his party's nomination, and chose Tennessee Senator Al Gore as his running mate.

1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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From February 10 to June 9, 1992, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1992 United States presidential election.

From February 10 to June 9, 1992, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1992 United States presidential election.

Governor Douglas Wilder of Virginia

However, Governors Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown and U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas opted to run for president.

Tom Harkin

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American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015.

American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015.

Harkin during his time in the House of Representatives
Harkin speaks during the first night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, opening his speech using American Sign Language in reference to his involvement with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Sen. Tom Harkin speaks at a rally held by the Coalition for the Advancement of Stem Cell Research.
Sen. Tom Harkin holds a press conference regarding legislation to improve healthy eating habits.
Harkin campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Iowa, November 2016

Paul Tsongas – 41 (4.11%)

1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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The 1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election.

The 1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election.

The 1992 New Hampshire Democratic primary was won by Paul Tsongas, but is known for the insurgent campaign of Bill Clinton, who managed a surprising second-place finish.

Official portrait, c. 1967

Edward Brooke

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American politician of the Republican Party, who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 until 1979.

American politician of the Republican Party, who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 until 1979.

Official portrait, c. 1967
Brooke at the 1968 Republican National Convention
Senator Edward Brooke in the U.S. Senate
Senator Edward Brooke meeting with President Lyndon Johnson in the Oval Office shortly after taking office in the Senate in 1967.
Edward Brooke is congratulated by President George W. Bush at the Ceremony for the 2004 Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, The East Room of the White House.
Edward Brooke as attorney general, c. 1965

In 1978, he ran for a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Paul Tsongas.

Saint Anselm College Quad with the "Fox-Box", from which the Fox News network reported live during the 2004 and 2008 New Hampshire primary

New Hampshire presidential primary

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First in a series of nationwide party primary elections and the second party contest held in the United States every four years as part of the process of choosing the delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions which choose the party nominees for the presidential elections to be held the subsequent November.

First in a series of nationwide party primary elections and the second party contest held in the United States every four years as part of the process of choosing the delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions which choose the party nominees for the presidential elections to be held the subsequent November.

Saint Anselm College Quad with the "Fox-Box", from which the Fox News network reported live during the 2004 and 2008 New Hampshire primary
Historical marker in Concord on the significance of the New Hampshire primary
The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, the site of the first "midnight vote" in the New Hampshire primary
Harry S. Truman remains the only incumbent president to lose the New Hampshire primary.

The winner in New Hampshire has not always gone on to win their party's nomination, as demonstrated by Republicans Leonard Wood in 1920, Harold Stassen in 1948, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. as a write-in candidate in 1964, Pat Buchanan in 1996, and John McCain in 2000, and Democrats Estes Kefauver in 1952 and 1956, Paul Tsongas in 1992, Hillary Clinton in 2008, and Bernie Sanders in 2016 and 2020.

Official portrait, 1977

Jimmy Carter

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American former politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

American former politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

Official portrait, 1977
The Carter family store (part of Carter's Boyhood Farm) in Plains, Georgia
Carter with Rosalynn Smith and his mother at his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy on June 5, 1946
President Jimmy Carter, his wife and Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN (wearing tie) aboard the submarine USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) in 1977
Results of the 1970 gubernatorial election in Georgia, with blue counties supporting Carter and red ones voting for Hal Suit: the relative darkness of the shade shows greater support for a candidate.
Carter's official portrait as Governor of Georgia
Jimmy Carter's campaign button announcing his campaign with the slogan, "My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for President."
Carter and President Gerald Ford debating at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia
The electoral map of the 1976 election
Image of President Carter displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC. Portrait by Robert Templeton.
Newly elected governor of Arkansas and future president Bill Clinton meets with President Carter in 1978.
Carter signing the Airline Deregulation Act, 1978
Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin meet on the Aspen Lodge patio of Camp David on September 6, 1978.
First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere, and Carter, 1977
Carter with Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo on April 1, 1978
Deng Xiaoping with President Carter
Carter with King Hussein of Jordan and Shah of Iran in 1977
Carter and Leonid Brezhnev signing the SALT II treaty at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, June 18, 1979
Carter, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Zbigniew Brzezinski in September 1978
King Khalid of Saudi Arabia and Carter, October 1978
Countries visited by Carter during his presidency
Electoral map of the 1980 election
Carter at a rally in Granite City.
Carter (third from left) with Martti Ahtisaari, William Hague, and Lakhdar Brahimi from The Elders group in London, July 24, 2013.
Carter in 1988
The state funeral of George H. W. Bush in December 2018. Carter and his wife Rosalynn can be seen on the far right of the photograph.
Carter with Justice Harry Blackmun, known for his Roe v. Wade majority opinion authorship
Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran, holds Jimmy Carter IV while Rosalynn Carter, Caron Carter and Chip Carter watch, January 1978.
Carter in Plains, 2008
James Earl Carter Presidential Statue by Frederick Hart (1994)
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alt=Carter sitting in front of the U.S. flag|Carter during a Google Hangout session held during the LBJ Presidential Library Civil Rights Summit in 2014
alt=Carter, Obama, and Clinton standing together.|Carter (right) with President Barack Obama (center) and Bill Clinton (left) on August 28, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
alt=Carter observing a model replica of the USS Jimmy Carter, named after him.|Carter (left) with a replica of the {{USS|Jimmy Carter|SSN-23|6}} with Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton (right) at a naming ceremony, April 28, 1998
alt=The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum during the daytime.|Jimmy Carter Library and Museum located in Atlanta, Georgia
Carter standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, during his 1979 visit

During the 1992 presidential election, Carter met with Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas who sought out his advice.

1978 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts United States Senate Republican primary results by municipality, 1978
Massachusetts United States Senate Democratic primary results by municipality, 1978

The United States Senate election of 1978 in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1978, with the incumbent Republican Senator Edward Brooke being defeated by Democratic Congressman Paul Tsongas.

Ted Kennedy

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American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009.

American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009.

John, Bobby, and Ted Kennedy during John's presidential campaign, July 1960, in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
First Senate campaign, 1962
A brochure for Kennedy's 1962 campaign
Ted Kennedy, accompanied by his brother Robert and sister-in-law Jacqueline, walks from the White House for the funeral procession accompanying President Kennedy's casket to Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.
Kennedy with Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody and Boston Mayor John F. Collins in January 1964.
Kennedy in 1967
Kennedy giving a presentation on his healthcare proposal in June 1971
Senator Kennedy meeting with Justice Minister Horst Ehmke at Bonn, West Germany, in April 1971
President Jimmy Carter (right) with Senator Ted Kennedy in the Oval Office of the White House, December 1977
Kennedy's 1980 presidential campaign logo
Kennedy with President Ronald Reagan in 1986
Senator Kennedy talking to sailors aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, February 1987
Results of Kennedy's re-election to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts in 1994 against Republican challenger Mitt Romney
Kennedy's official Senate portrait in the 1990s
Kennedy at the 2002 signing of a border security bill, with Senator Dianne Feinstein and President George W. Bush
Portrait of Kennedy in the mid-2000s
Kennedy and Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum after Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005, where the Patriots defeated the Eagles. Here Santorum wears a Patriots hat and presents Kennedy a bag of Philly cheesesteaks as part of a wager
Following his endorsement of Barack Obama, Kennedy staged a campaign appearance with Obama in Hartford, Connecticut, on February 4, 2008, the day before the Super Tuesday primaries.
Kennedy speaks during the first night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, while delegates hold signs reading "KENNEDY"
Kennedy with President Obama, the day the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act was signed, April 21, 2009, four months before Kennedy's death
Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston
Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, and President John F. Kennedy in 1963

Despite having initially backed former fellow Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas in the 1992 Democratic presidential primaries, Kennedy formed a good relationship with Democratic President Bill Clinton upon the latter taking office in 1993.