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Dukakis attended Brookline High School in his hometown, [8] where he was an honor student and a member of the basketball, baseball, tennis, and cross-country teams. [9] As a 17-year-old senior in high school, he ran the Boston Marathon. [10] He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
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]
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.
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Dukakis was born John Chaffetz Jr. in San Jose, California, on June 9, 1958, [2] but reared in the Boston area. He is the son of Kitty Dukakis and John Chaffetz, a businessman, [3] and the adoptive son of former Massachusetts Governor and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis whom his mother married when he was five. [4]
Stage and screen actress Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her turn in 1988’s Moonstruck, has passed away. She was 89. Dukakis died Saturday morning, with news of her passing shared by her ...
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 ...
Dukakis (Greek: Δουκάκης) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Dukakis (born John A. Chaffetz), actor, son of Kitty Dukakis and stepson of Michael Dukakis; Kitty Dukakis (Katharine D. Dukakis), author, wife of Michael Dukakis; Michael Dukakis, former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic Party presidential ...