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"