Editing Reagan's coattails (section)

==Other races==

Reagan's coattails also affected other elections in 1980, including gubernatorial ones, most prominently [[1980 Arkansas gubernatorial election|the defeat]] of first term [[Governor of Arkansas]] and future [[President of the United States]] [[Bill Clinton]] by [[Frank D. White]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldstatehouse.com/exhibits/virtual/governors/the_new_south/clinton.asp |title=William Jefferson Clinton » Biographies of Arkansas's Governors » Exhibits » Old State House |accessdate=2009-02-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007082726/http://www.oldstatehouse.com/exhibits/virtual/governors/the_new_south/clinton.asp |archivedate=2008-10-07 }}</ref> Nevertheless, Clinton regained the Governorship in a 1982 rematch and held until his election to the Presidency in 1992.  In a speech delivered at the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]], Clinton referenced the effect of Reagan as the reason for his defeat in 1980. Other Democratic governors who lost were [[Joseph P. Teasdale]] of Missouri, who lost to former governor [[Kit Bond]] in a rematch of the 1976 election, and [[Arthur A. Link]] of North Dakota, who lost to [[Allen I. Olson]], who only served one term before losing reelection to [[George A. Sinner]]. Another Democratic governor, [[Dixy Lee Ray]] of Washington, lost renomination to [[Jim McDermott]], who lost the general election to [[John Spellman]], who served one term until he lost reelection to [[Booth Gardner]].