Ross Perot has died at 89. A wiry Texas gadfly who made billions in the computer business, he ran for president twice as a third-party populist.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 10:52 AM EST
In 1992, under the banner “United We Stand America,” Mr. Perot spent $65 million of his billions in a campaign that featured innovative half-hour infomercials about himself and his ideas. They were popular, with ratings that sometimes surpassed those of prime-time sitcoms.
He finished with 19 percent of the popular vote, the strongest showing by a third-party candidate in decades
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