The last time the Republican National Convention was held in New Orleans was in 1988. This is a stark contrast to this year's RNC location in Milwaukee.Ronald Reagan was the sitting president and ...

Though he spoke at the 1980 and 1984 conventions, Clinton made his first national splash when he formally nominated then-Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis at the 1988 convention. It didn’t go well.

Republican National Convention concludes amid a whirlwind period ... on the type of nationwide landslide that turns Maryland red for the first time since George H.W. Bush was elected in 1988. ...