DALLAS -- H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89.

Ross Perot, the colorful Texas billionaire businessman who ran twice for president, first as an independent and then as a third-party candidate, died early Tuesday at his home in Dallas. He was 89.

Jun. 11—Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will campaign Saturday in Albuquerque. Can you feel the excitement, the heady sense of a 70-year-old newcomer on the rise? Neither can ...

Ross Perot’s theme song for his 1992 independent presidential run was the classic country weeper “Crazy,” written by Willie Nelson and made famous by Patsy Cline. It certainly seemed appropriate for a ...

February 20: On CNN's "Larry King Live," Perot says he would run for president if supporters can get his name on all 50 state ballots. March 18: Speaks at the National Press Club and says he will run ...

The hushed crowd of volunteers and staff didn't know what to expect when they gathered in the conference room at Ross Perot's north Dallas campaign headquarters last July 18. Two days earlier the ...

An enduring myth in U.S. presidential election history is that George H.W. Bush only lost his re-election bid in 1992 because a peculiar independent candidate from Texas, Ross Perot, drew more voters ...

Texans in real estate are trying to bring their favored candidates over the finish line with last-minute campaign contributions in the final leg of this election cycle. Most high-profile donors stuck ...

Ross Perot Jr. has been elected chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors. Texas billionaire Ross Perot Jr., whose development firm Hillwood built AllianceTexas in Fort Worth, has ...