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  1. 4 days ago · Dukakis won the Democratic primaries after Democratic leaders Gary Hart and Ted Kennedy withdrew or declined to run. He selected Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate. It was the first election since 1968 to lack an incumbent president on the ballot.

  2. Jun 27, 2024 · Dukakis and the death penalty. In the second presidential debate of 1988, CNN anchor Bernard Shaw posed a challenging question to Democrat Michael Dukakis, then the governor of Massachusetts, regarding his stance against capital punishment, invoking the candidate’s wife.

  3. Jun 24, 2024 · Rather than a forum sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which had organized all general election presidential debates since 1988, the meeting Thursday between President Joe Biden...

  4. 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.

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  5. 4 days ago · A Match Made in Heaven is a 1997 television movie inspired by actual events. It is about a dying widow who plays matchmaker to her 32-year-old unmarried son and sets him up with a nurse that she meets. The film stars Olympia Dukakis, John Stamos and Kelly Rowan.

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  6. Jun 19, 2024 · The cast of the movie Making Love includes Michael Ontkean as Zach, Kate Jackson as Claire, Harry Hamlin as Bart, Wendy Hiller as Winnie Bates, Arthur Hill as Henry, Nancy Olson as Christine, John Dukakis as Tim, Terry Kiser as Harrington, Michael Dudikoff as Young Man in Bar 2, Asher Brauner as Ted, John Calvin as David, and Gwen Arner as Alrene.

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  8. Jun 25, 2024 · Another damaging moment opened the second presidential debate in 1988, when CNN anchor Bernard Shaw pressed Democrat Michael Dukakis, the governor of Massachusetts, about his opposition to capital punishment with a question that evoked the candidate’s wife.