Michael Dukakis

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An American politician who served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988.

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  • The Election of 1988

    • Bush over Democrat Michael Dukakis.
    • Bush won the Republican nomination, while the Democrats nominated Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.
    • Confident they could win back the White House, Democrats mounted a campaign focused on more effective and competent government under the leadership of Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.
    • When Bush found himself down in the polls, political advisor Lee Atwater launched an aggressively negative media campaign, accusing Dukakis of being soft on crime and connecting his liberal policies to a brutal murder in Massachusetts.
    • Michael Dukakis at a campaign rally at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on the eve of the 1988 election.

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    • O'Malley, Michael, Chamot, Anna U., Stewer-Manzanares, Gloria, Russo, Rocco P., and Kupper, Lisa (1985).

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