United States presidential election, 1996 (Bush '92)

The 1996 United States presidential election was a contest between Vice President Dan Quayle of Indiana from the incumbent Republican Party and his running mate, House Minority Leader Newt Gingrich of Georgia, against the Democratic ticket of Senator Albert "Al" Gore of Tennessee and his running mate, Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. Despite a healthy economy, fatigue from sixteen years of Republican control of the White House, coupled with the post-Cold War foreign policy struggles of the Bush administration and doubts over the competence of Quayle as commander-in-chief led to Gore's substantial victory in the popular vote and electoral college, making him the first sitting Senator since John F. Kennedy to win a Presidential election.