Although Brown continued to campaign in a number of states , he won no further primaries . Despite being overwhelmingly outspent , Brown won upset victories in seven states and his " votes won to the money raised ratio " was by far the best of any candidate in the race . He still had a sizable number of delegates , and a big win in his home state of California would deprive Clinton of sufficient support to win the Democratic nomination , possibly bringing about a brokered convention . After nearly a month of intense campaigning and multiple debates between the two candidates , Clinton managed to defeat Brown in this final primary by a margin of 48 % to 41 % . Although Brown did not win the nomination , he was able to boast of one accomplishment : at the following month 's Democratic National Convention , he received the votes of 596 delegates on the first ballot , more than any other candidate but Clinton . He spoke at the convention , and to the national viewing audience , yet without endorsing Clinton , through the device of seconding his own nomination . There was animosity between the Brown and Clinton campaigns , and Brown was the first political figure to criticize Bill Clinton over what became known as the Whitewater controversy
Democratic National Convention
1992 Democratic National Convention
Jerry Brown