Democratic:
Bill Clinton (Governor of Arkansas)
Running mate: Al Gore (Senator of Tennessee)
Republican:
George H. W. Bush (Incumbent President, former CIA director, ambassador and congressman of Texas)
Running mate: Dan Quayle (Incumbent Vice President, former Senator of Indiana)
Independent:
H. Ross Perot (businessman from Texas)
Running mate: James Stockdale (retired admiral from California)
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Among third-party candidates, Ross Perot is thought to have split the conservative vote in a recent election. Ross Perot ran in the 1992 and 1996 US presidential elections as an independent.
John Kerry, US senator from Massachusetts, was the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004.
L. Douglas Wilder(1992), Shirley Chisholm(1972) , Al Sharpton(2004), Jesse Jackson (1984, 1988) Alan Keyes (1992, 1996, 2000, and 2008).
Democratic: Governor Bill J. Clinton with Senator Al A. GoreRepublican: President George H. W. Bush with Vice President Dan D. QuayleIndependent: Rose Perot with Vice Admiral James Stockdale
President George H. W. Bush won the election of 1988 then lost the election of 1992, after which he did not run again. His son, President George W. Bush, never lost a Presidential election.