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Michael Dukakis was the 65th and 67th governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and 1983 to 1991.His running mate, Lloyd Bentsen, was a U.S. senator from Texas, and a member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance who had previously run for the Democratic nomination in 1976.
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.
Dukakis was attacked for such positions as opposing mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, and being a "card-carrying member of the ACLU" (a statement Dukakis made early in the primary campaign to appeal to liberal voters). Dukakis responded by saying that he was a "proud liberal" and that the phrase should not be a bad ...
The Michael S. Dukakis Presidential Campaign records, 1962–1989 (bulk 1987–1988) (Archived October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine) are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA.
Paul Brountas, a longtime Dukakis aide, led the search for Dukakis's running mate. [1] The Dukakis–Bentsen ticket ultimately lost to the Bush–Quayle ticket in the general election. Bentsen simultaneously ran for reelection as Senator, and easily won, despite the Dukakis-Bentsen ticket's double-digit loss in Texas.
Moving away from an optimistic approach, the first time negative marketing was used was in the 1988 election between George Bush, Sr. and Michael Dukakis. The Revolving Door advertisement shows ...
In 1988, Democrat Michael Dukakis even held a predawn Election Day event at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, shortly before the polls opened at 7 a.m. Long before Trump, Michigan has been an 11th ...
Republicans point to Michael Dukakis' 17-point lead in the summer before he lost to George H.W. Bush. But Donald Trump is a very different candidate.