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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dukakis began the night needing roughly 150 delegates to achieve a mathematical lock on the nomination. He was certain to top the magic 2081 goal when the votes were counted in California...
Addressing Quincy House seniors last night, Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich said her candidate will be campaigning hard in California and New Jersey and will be courting the remaining "superdelegates," in order to lock up a first ballot victory at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta...
...Democratic delegate arithmetic clearly favored Dukakis, the prohibitive favorite to lock up thenomination weeks before the Democratic NationalConvention convenes in July in Atlanta. Ohiopicked 159 delegates to the Democratic NationalConvention, Indiana 79 and the District ofColumbia...
...almost certain that no candidate will win an outright majority by the end of the primary season, and it is becoming increasingly possible that neither Dukakis nor anyone else will reach the "critical mass" of delegate strength that will make it easy to corral enough strays in June to lock up the nomination...
...York (92-70, NL East, second): Once Jack Clark left the division, the Mets started checking to see if their set of keys fit the NL East's lock. With the strongest starting staff in the division, the Mets will have no problems humming the seams. Darryl Strawberry and Co. should keep the offense gunning. Dwight ("Dr. K") Gooden (15-7) won't be taking the early season off this year. Best player: Strawberry...