Michael Dukakis

He was able to hold Bush to 55% in Texas though this was most likely due to Lloyd Bentsen's presence on the ticket. Dukakis himself blames his defeat on the time he spent doing gubernatorial work in Massachusetts during the few weeks following the Democratic Convention. He did the same in 2012 for Democratic U.

history after Spiro Agnew. Michael Stanley Dukakis (/dʉˈkɑːkɨs/; born November 3 1933; Greek: Μιχαήλ Δουκάκης) served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and 1983 to 1991 respectively. He is the longest-serving Governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek American Governor in U.