CAMPAIGN ’88 : Dukakis Press Chief
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Dayton Duncan, deputy press secretary to Walter F. Mondale during his 1984 presidential campaign, has been named national press secretary for the Dukakis presidential campaign.
Duncan, 38, will join the Democratic front-runner’s staff in mid-June, Dukakis’ campaign office said Thursday.
Duncan served from 1979 to 1983 as press secretary and chief of staff to the late New Hampshire Gov. Hugh Gallen. He lives in Roxbury, N.H.
Duncan replaces Patricia O’Brien, who resigned last November. The campaign has not had an official press secretary since then. He will report to Leslie Dach, communications director for the Massachusetts governor’s presidential campaign.
“I’m delighted that Dayton is bringing his talent and energy to the Dukakis campaign,” campaign manager Susan Estrich said. “Dayton’s experience working with the national press corps will be a great asset.”
![1988: The image of George H.W. Bush towering over his Democratic opponent, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, might be the second-most notable contrast in debate history (after the first Nixon-Kennedy debate). What you might remember: At the start of the second meeting held at UCLAs Pauley Pavilion -- CNN newsman Bernard Shaw asked Dukakis, an opponent of the death penalty, one of the more shocking questions in debate history: Governor, if [your wife] Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? Dukakis bland response sealed his fate in the general election. What you might have forgotten: Just about everything else in the two debates.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/76e543a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/586x392+0+17/resize/1024x685!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F79%2F73%2F27f118f5a47485c01012372b100f%2Fla-pres-debate1988-i5paygkf)
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