Tue
May 27 2008
08:05 pm

Bill Clinton had started piling up delegates
in the '92 version of super tuesday
and headed into what proved to be the
last 3 weeks of the nomination
campaign in good shape

Former Governor now California Att.Gen.
Jerry Brown

and Former Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts

Were all that stood in Clinton's way.

"Till the last dog dies"

The end game..March 17-April 9,1992

March 17,1992

Clinton wins Illinois big

Michigan primary
Brown surprisingly strong
Tsongas suspends campaign

Michigan results
Clinton-48%
Brown-28%
Tsongas-18%

March 24,1992

Connecticut primary
Draft Tsongas movement springs up
Brown pulls upset

Connecticut results
Brown-37%
Clinton-36%
Tsongas-20%

April 7,1992

New York primary

NYT;April 8,1992

"Gov.Bill Clinton won a bitterly
contested primary in New York yesterday."

New York results
Clinton-41%
Tsongas-29%
Brown-26%

April 8,1992 delegate count
Clinton-1,285
Tsongas-509
Brown-203

April 9,1992

Tsongas will not reenter race.

"The fight for the nomination was effectively over."

Thats a quote from Bill Clinton in his book "My Life"

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