Editing Michael Dukakis (section)

==Electoral history==
{{Election box begin no change | title={{center|[[Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1974]]<ref name="America Votes">{{Cite book |last1=Scammon |first1=Richard M. |url=https://archive.org/details/americavotes2400rich/page/216/mode/2up |title=America Votes 24: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics |last2=McGillivray |first2=Alice V. |last3=Cook |first3=Rhodes |publisher=[[CQ Press]] |year=2001 |isbn=1-56802-600-5 |pages=216 |url-access=registration}}</ref>}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Michael Dukakis
  |votes      = 992,284
  |percentage = 53.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Francis W. Sargent]] (incumbent)
  |votes      = 784,353
  |percentage = 42.29
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title={{center|Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1978<ref>{{Cite web |title=1978 Governor Democratic Primary |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/123932/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=[[Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]]}}</ref>}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Edward J. King]]
  |votes      = 442,174
  |percentage = 51.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Michael Dukakis (incumbent)
  |votes      = 365,417
  |percentage = 42.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Barbara Ackermann]]
  |votes      = 58,220
  |percentage = 6.72
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title={{center|Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1982<ref>{{Cite web |title=1982 Governor Democratic Primary |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/91820/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=[[Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]]}}</ref>}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Michael Dukakis
  |votes      = 631,911
  |percentage = 53.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Edward J. King (incumbent)
  |votes      = 549,335
  |percentage = 46.51
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title={{center|[[Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1982]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1982 Governor General Election |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/91822/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=[[Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]]}}</ref>}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Michael Dukakis
  |votes      = 1,219,109
  |percentage = 59.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[John W. Sears|John Winthrop Sears]]
  |votes      = 749,679
  |percentage = 36.57
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title={{center|[[Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1986]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1986 Governor General Election |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/92679/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=[[Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]]}}</ref>}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Michael Dukakis (incumbent)
  |votes      = 1,157,786
  |percentage = 68.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[George Kariotis]]
  |votes      = 525,364
  |percentage = 31.20
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title={{center|[[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1988|1988 Democratic presidential primaries]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Scammon |first1=Richard M. |title=America Votes 20: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics |last2=McGillivray |first2=Alice V. |publisher=[[CQ Press]] |year=1993 |isbn=0-87187-784-8 |pages=60 |url=https://archive.org/details/americavoteshand0000rich_h4p1/page/60/mode/2up |url-access=registration |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref>}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Michael Dukakis
  |votes      = 9,817,185
  |percentage = 42.75
  |convention delegates = 6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Jesse Jackson]]
  |votes      = 6,685,699
  |percentage = 29.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Al Gore]]
  |votes      = 3,134,516
  |percentage = 13.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Dick Gephardt]]
  |votes      = 1,388,356
  |percentage = 6.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Paul M. Simon]]
  |votes      = 1,018,136
  |percentage = 4.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Gary Hart]]
  |votes      = 389,003
  |percentage = 1.69
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title={{center|[[1988 Democratic National Convention]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Keating |title=All The Votes...Really |url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/facts/weird.facts/votes.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000930224301/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/facts/weird.facts/votes.shtml |archive-date=2000-09-30 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Michael Dukakis
  |votes      = 2,877
  |percentage = 70.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Jesse Jackson
  |votes      = 1,219
  |percentage = 29.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Richard H. Stallings]]
  |votes      = 3
  |percentage = 0.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Joe Biden]]
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 0.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Dick Gephardt
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 0.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[Lloyd Bentsen]]
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Gary Hart
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.02
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title={{center|[[US presidential election, 1988]] (Popular Vote)}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[George H. W. Bush]]
  |votes      = 48,886,597
  |percentage = 53.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Michael Dukakis
  |votes      = 41,809,476
  |percentage = 45.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title={{center|US presidential election, 1988 (Electoral College)}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (US)
  |candidate  = [[George H. W. Bush]]
  |votes      = 426
  |percentage = 79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Michael Dukakis
  |votes      = 111
  |percentage = 21
}}
{{Election box end}}