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Line 4: * [[Robert Teeter]] <small>(pollster)</small> }}|headquarters=[[Houston]], [[Texas]]|receipts=101,936,902.00<ref>{{Cite web|title=BUSH, GEORGE - Candidate overview|url=https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00000455/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=FEC.gov|language=en}}</ref>}} '''[[George H. W. Bush|George H. W. Bush's]] 1992 presidential campaign''' was an unsuccessful campaign for his and his running mate [[Dan Quayle|Dan Quayle's]] re-election as [[President of the United States|President]] and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-04|title=George H. W. Bush: Campaigns and Elections {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/bush/campaigns-and-elections|access-date=2021-04-25|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref> He was defeated by Democratic presidential nominee [[Bill Clinton]] and vice presidential nominee [[Al Gore]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=United States presidential election of 1992 {{!}} United States government|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1992|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> Bush, a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and former Vice President under [[Ronald Bush was born in [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]], [[Massachusetts]] in 1924. After serving in the navy and working with his company, he ran for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Texas's 7th congressional district]] in 1966 and won the election.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=BUSH, George Herbert Walker {{!}} US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/B/BUSH,-George-Herbert-Walker-(B001166)/|access-date=2021-04-25|website=history.house.gov|language=en}}</ref> He supported [[Richard Nixon]] over Ronald Reagan in the 1968 [[1968 Republican Party presidential primaries|Republican presidential primaries]]. Bush was considered a likely running mate for Nixon in 1968, but he ultimately chose [[Spiro Agnew]] instead.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What We All Forget (If We Ever Knew) About The Political Career of Bush 41|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/02/672719097/what-we-all-forget-if-we-ever-knew-about-the-political-career-of-bush-41|access-date=2021-04-26|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> He served as [[Ambassador to the United Nations]] under the [[Presidency of Richard Nixon|Nixon administration]], which was his first major experience with the [[Soviet Union]] and [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-01|title=UN chief saddened at news of death of former US President George H.W. Bush|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1027231|access-date=2021-04-26|website=UN News|language=en}}</ref> He was also the Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Republican National Committee Chairs Since 1944|url=https://www.infoplease.com/us/government/legislative-branch/republican-national-committee-chairs-since-1944|access-date=2021-04-26|website=www.infoplease.com|language=en}}</ref> In 1980, he contested the Republican primaries for President, ending up second in place being Reagan, who chose him as his running mate<ref>{{Cite news|last=Allen|first=Richard V.|date=2000-07-30|title=George Herbert Walker Bush; The Accidental Vice President|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/magazine/george-herbert-walker-bush-the-accidental-vice-president.html|access-date=2021-04-25|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The [[Ronald Reagan 1980 presidential campaign|Reagan-Bush ticket]] won the [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]] and [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election.]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moyle|first=Mike|date=November 5, 1980|title=Reagan in a landslide|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19801105&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=April 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Stoffer|first=Harry|date=November 7, 1984|title=Reagan wins by a landslide|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19841107&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=April 30, 2021}}</ref> As vice president, Bush generally maintained a low profile by avoiding decision-making and publicly not criticizing Reagan.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2016-10-04|title=George H. W. Bush: Life Before the Presidency {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/bush/life-before-the-presidency|access-date=2021-04-26|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref> | |||