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Michael Stanley Dukakis (/ d ʊ ˈ k ɑː k ɪ s / duu-KAH-kiss; born November 3, 1933) is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991.
During the campaign, Dukakis was the target of several now-infamous attack ads by individuals supporting the Bush campaign, most infamously the "Willie Horton" ad produced by the pro-Bush National Security Political Action Committee. Although the Bush campaign disavowed the ad, [26] it still played a major role in Dukakis' defeat. [27]
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Ron DeSantis is running for president on his record as Florida governor. That doesn't always work out so well, as 1988 presidential nominee Michael Dukakis learned the hard way.
From February 8 to June 14, 1988, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1988 United States presidential election. Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1988 Democratic National Convention held from July 18 to July 21, 1988, in Atlanta, Georgia.
King won the Democratic nomination by defeating incumbent governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis in the Democratic primary. [ 3 ] As of 2024 [update] , this was the most recent Massachusetts gubernatorial election in which both major party candidates are now deceased.
Four years earlier Minnesota had been the only state in the entire country to vote for Democrat Walter Mondale over Republican Ronald Reagan, and this Democratic strength in the state endured in 1988, as Minnesota chose Michael Dukakis by a comfortable margin despite George H.W. Bush winning a convincing victory nationwide.
Michael Dukakis was elected to a four-year term, from January 2, 1975 until January 4, 1979. He defeated incumbent Governor of Massachusetts Francis W. Sargent in the general election. As of 2024, this is the most recent year in which the incumbent governor of Massachusetts lost the general election.