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Governor Of Arkansas
1979
Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978, making him the youngest governor in the country at age thirty-two. He worked on educational reform and Arkansas's roads, with wife Hillary leading a successful committee on urban health care reform. However, his term included an unpopular motor vehicle tax and citizens' anger over the escape of Cuban refugees (from the Mariel boatlift) detained in Fort Chaffee in 1980. Monroe Schwarzlose of Kin...
Governor Of Arkansas Events
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1979 to 1981
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Bill Clinton Governor of Arkansas
Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978, making him the youngest governor in the country at age thirty-two. He worked on educational reform and Arkansas's roads, with wife Hillar...
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| 1980 Nov 4 |
Bill Clinton loses re-election bid for Arkansas Governor
Later that year, in a close election, Governor Clinton lost the race for a second term to Republican Frank White. Feeling that he had not accomplished all that he wanted to do, he ran as ...
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1982 Nov 2 to 1992 Nov 3
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Bill Clinton re-elected as Governor of Arkansas
He helped Arkansas transform its economy and significantly improve the state's educational system. He became a leading figure among the New Democrats.[3] The New Democrats, organized with...
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