Dukakis

[ doo-kah-kis ]

noun

1. Michael, born 1933, U.S. politician: governor of Massachusetts 1983–90.

Example Sentences

The ad played repeatedly in the final days of the campaign, with one Trump advisor saying they believed it was as devastating to Harris as the “Willie Horton” ads had been to Democrat Michael Dukakis in his 1988 loss to Republican George H.W.

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But the Republican soundly defeated Dukakis.

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Overall, DiCamillo said, the latest polling supports the assumption that Harris will win California — as has every Democratic candidate for president since President George H. W. Bush beat Michael Dukakis in 1988 — and take the state’s whopping 54 electoral votes, the largest electoral prize of any state.

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Bush beat Michael Dukakis, is unlikely to be broken.

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Add to that Jon Lovitz as Michael Dukakis and Kevin Nealon as Sam Donaldson and you have pure gold.

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