# Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis was the Democratic governor of Massachusetts and the party's nominee for president in the [[1988 Presidential Election]], which he lost to [[George H.W. Bush]]. He is on the map chiefly as the target of the [[Willie Horton]] ads, the attack campaign [[Lee Atwater]] built around the Massachusetts prison furlough program, and of the [[Dukakis Tank Ad]]. > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. ## See Also - [[Willie Horton]] - [[Dukakis Tank Ad]] - [[1988 Presidential Election]] - [[Lee Atwater]]