User:LizArchive/1986 Gubernatorial election in Albany

In 1986, the popular incumbent Governor Daniel Lorenzo of the Progressive Party was seeking a second term in office. In the Progressive Primaries, Lorenzo lost by 1 vote to challenger Bill Clinton. However, Lorenzo suspected some corruption and shady stuff going on behind the curtain to overthrow him, and so he ran as an Independent against Clinton. Many people sympathised with Lorenzo, and got mass endorsed by big names in the political world. Due to his popularity, endorsements, effective advertising, and Clinton's failure to connect with the people, Daniel Lorenzo won a massive landslide for a second term in office. To this day, it is one of the only examples of a candidate who lost in the primary but won in the general election.