The Republicans won in 1994. Halfway through Bubba's first term (and a sign he was on his way to being a one term president until he shamed America by blaming conservatives and right wing talk radio for the OKC bombing).
BTW, what's up with the investigation into the Stop Sex Predator's Blog? There have been no posts there since last Thursday. When they find out who the author of that blog is, it won't surprise me a bit to find out that it is a political operative. Remember, the owner lives in John Conyer's congressional district.
1. Clinton had signed everything Newt and Company sent his way, so the economy was doing great, Clinton appeared further to the right than he was, and the Republicans had nothing left to run on;
2. We had a somewhat lackluster presidential candidate in '96;
3. Perot.