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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.
The 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis began when he announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States on March 16, 1987, in a speech in Boston.
Jun 25, 2024 · Michael Dukakis, American politician and lawyer, who served as governor of Massachusetts (1975–79, 1983–91) and who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1988; he lost the election to George H.W. Bush. Learn more about Dukakis’s life and career, including his governorship.
Jul 23, 2024 · On the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Americans over the age of fifty may remember the 1988 presidential election campaign, when Governor Michael Dukakis surged to a seventeen-point lead over Vice President George H. W. Bush following the Democratic National Convention in mid-July. That was a successful convention for Democrats.
Nov 15, 2023 · Michael Dukakis remade the Massachusetts Democratic Party, suffered a bitter loss after winning his party's nomination for president, then spent three decades teaching college students and preaching the virtues of public service, something he has modeled for more than six decades.
Nov 10, 1988 · When Michael S. Dukakis climbed into an M-1A1 battle tank in mid-September, two aides warned him he would look silly, not tough, on TV if he wore the tank’s high-tech helmet.
Apr 12, 2024 · Northeastern University hosted a high-profile retirement party Thursday, as former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis stepped down after 29 years of teaching politics and policy at the school.
