Kentucky was won by GovernorBill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 44.55 percent of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 41.34 percent, a margin of 3.21%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 13.66 percent of the popular vote.[2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot.[3]