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Dukakis with Brad Sherman in 2001 Dukakis campaigning with US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren in 2012 Dukakis in 2024 His final two years as governor were marked by increased criticism of his policies and significant tax increases to cover the economic effects of the U.S. economy's "soft landing" at the end of the 1980s and the recession of 1990.
Michael Dukakis: 1933 Governor MA 31 Jesse Jackson: 1941 Minister IL 14 Al Gore: 1948 Senator TN 7 Dick Gephardt: 1941 Representative MO 3 Paul Simon: 1928 Senator IL 1 Gary Hart: 1936 F. Senator: CO 0 Bruce Babbitt: 1938 F. Governor: AZ 0 1984: Walter Mondale: 1928 F. Vice President: MN 21 Gary Hart: 1936 Senator CO 26 Jesse Jackson: 1941 ...
The Bush–Quayle ticket defeated the Democratic ticket of Michael Dukakis and Bentsen, and Quayle succeeded Bush as vice president in January 1989. During his tenure, Quayle made official visits to 47 countries and was appointed chairman of the National Space Council. As vice president, he developed a reputation for making comments that some ...
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.
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]
Popular vote of political parties in United States presidential elections. Since the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788, there have been 52 unsuccessful major party candidates for President of the United States.
Olympia Dukakis, a character actress best known for her Oscar-winning supporting turn in Norman Jewison’s “Moonstruck” and for her role as the wealthy widow in “Steel Magnolias,” has died.
MacMurray passed away nearly two decades ago, but some of his on-screen family members are alive and well in 2019. The oldest son was played by Tim Considine, now 78 years old.