Perot received 19% of the vote in his 1992 independent race for the presidency. Deficit spending was among his major issues in that campaign.
Associated Press
H. Ross Perot, whose 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings by an independent candidate in the past century, died early Tuesday at his home in Dallas surrounded by his devoted family, family spokesman James Fuller said.
From KERA:
Ross Perot died Tuesday morning at age 89, of leukemia. He was born in Texarkana and became a bigger-than-life entrepreneur and Texas billionaire. Perot ran twice for president – first as an independent and then as a third-party candidate. He was also a philanthropist. His legacy in Texas stems in part from the millions he gave publicly and even anonymously.
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