With the advantage of incumbency , Bill Clinton 's path to renomination by the Democratic Party was uneventful . At the 1996 Democratic National Convention , Clinton - along with incumbent Vice President Al Gore - was renominated following a primary race in which he faced only token opposition . Perennial candidate Lyndon LaRouche qualified for one delegate from Virginia and one delegate from Louisiana , but the state parties refused to award him delegates and the First District Court of Appeals upheld their decision . Former Pennsylvania governor Bob Casey contemplated a challenge to Clinton , but health problems forced Casey to abandon a bid . That left Jimmy Griffin , the former mayor of Buffalo , New York , as the highest-ranking challenger still in the race . After finishing in eighth place , behind even the perennial candidates , in the New Hampshire primaries , Griffin dropped out of the race . Clinton easily won primaries nationwide , with margins consistently higher than 80 %
1996 Democratic National Convention
1996 Democratic National Convention
1996 Democratic Party presidential primaries