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The largest height difference between two presidential candidates (out of the candidates whose heights are known) was in the 1860 election, when Abraham Lincoln stood 12 inches (30 cm) taller than opponent Stephen A. Douglas.
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.
Dukakis, the sitting governor of Massachusetts, won his home state with 53.23% of the vote to Bush's 45.38%, a 7.85% margin of victory. This made it one of ten states (plus the District of Columbia) to vote for Dukakis, even though Bush won a convincing electoral victory nationwide.
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.
The first presidential debate between Vice President George H. W. Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis took place on Sunday September 25, 1988, in the Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS with John Mashek of Atlanta Constitution , Peter Jennings of ABC , and Anne Groer of Orlando Sentinel as panelists.
Michael Strahan, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos. ... “I worked for the Michael Dukakis campaign in 1987 and ‘88. I went back to work for Dick Gephardt in Congress.
Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen as Vice President, and Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle. The election was very partisan for Hawaii, with 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties. [1] All four of the Hawaiian island counties voted in majority for Dukakis.
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