President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton talked with University of Kentucky basketball coach Rick Pitino and his wife, Joanne, on the speaker’s stage at UK on Nov. 4, 1996. On Election eve, Clinton finished months of campaigning with a high-energy pep rally at UK in front of about 14,000 supporters. Kentucky was one of a handful of states where polls showed Clinton running neck and neck with Republican nominee Bob Dole. Clinton won the election with 49.2 percent of the popular vote nationally to Dole’s 40.7 percent and Ross Perot’s 8.4 percent. Clinton also carried Kentucky. Photo by Frank Anderson | Staff