Electoral history of Walter Mondale, who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States (1977–1981); as a United States senator from Minnesota (1964–1976), and as the 23rd attorney general of Minnesota (1960–1964).
Minnesota Attorney General election, 1962: <br> Walter Mondale <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (DFL) â 730,783 (59.64%) <br> Robert L. Kunzig (R) â 494,621 (40.36%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1966DFL primary: <br> Walter Mondale <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â 410,841 (90.97%) <br> Ralph E. Franklin 40,785 (9.03%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1966: <br> Walter Mondale <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (DFL) â 685,840 (53.94%) <br> Robert A. Forsythe (R) â 574,868 (45.21%) <br> Joseph Johnson (SW) â 5,487 (0.43%) <br> William Braatz (IG) â 5,231 (0.41%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1972DFL primary: <br> Walter Mondale <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â 230,679 (89.88%) <br> Tom Griffin â 11,266 (4.39%) <br> Richard Leaf â 7,750 (3.02%) <br> Ralph E. Franklin â 6,946 (2.71%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1972: <br> Walter Mondale <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (DFL) â 981,320 (56.67%) <br> Phil Hansen (R) â 742,121 (42.86%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 2002: <br> Norm Coleman (R) â 1,116,697 (49.53%) <br> Walter Mondale (DFL) â 1,067,246 (47.34%) <br> Jim Moore (IPM) â 45,139 (2.00%) <br> Paul Wellstone <abbr title="Incumbent, deceased">*â </abbr> (DFL) â 11,381 (0.51%) <br> Ray Tricomo (G) â 10,119 (0.45%) <br> Miro Drago Kovatchevich (C) â 2,254 (0.10%) <br> Others â 1,796 (0.08%)
Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1972: <br> George McGovern â 1,729 (57.37%) <br> Henry M. Jackson â 525 (17.42%) <br> George Wallace â 382 (12.67%) <br> Shirley Chisholm â 152 (5.04%) <br> Terry Sanford â 78 (2.59%) <br> Hubert Humphrey â 67 (2.22%) <br> Wilbur Mills â 34 (1.13%) <br> Edmund Muskie â 25 (0.83%) <br> Ted Kennedy â 13 (0.43%) <br> Wayne Hays â 5 (0.17%) <br> Eugene McCarthy â 2 (0.07%) <br> Ramsey Clark â 1 (0.03%) <br> Walter Mondale â 1 (0.03%)
Democratic Party vice presidential nomination, 1976: <br> Walter Mondale â 2,817 (94.28%) <br> Carl Albert â 36 (1.21%) <br> Barbara Jordan â 25 (0.84%) <br> Ron Dellums â 20 (0.67%) <br> Henry M. Jackson â 16 (0.54%) <br> Gary Benoit â 12 (0.40%) <br> Frank Church â 11 (0.37%) <br> Fritz Efaw â 11 (0.37%) <br> Peter Flaherty â 11 (0.37%) <br> George Wallace â 6 (0.20%) <br> Allard Lowenstein â 5 (0.17%) <br> Edmund Muskie â 4 (0.13%) <br> Philip Hart â 2 (0.07%) <br> Thomas E. Morgan â 2 (0.07%) <br> Mo Udall â 2 (0.07%) <br> Wendell Anderson â 1 (0.03%) <br> Al Castro â 1 (0.03%) <br> Fred R. Harris â 1 (0.03%) <br> Ernest Hollings â 1 (0.03%) <br> Peter Rodino â 1 (0.03%) <br> Daniel Schorr â 1 (0.03%) <br> Josephnie Smith â 1 (0.03%) <br> Hunter S. Thompson â 1 (0.03%)
1976 United States presidential election <br> Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D)Popular vote: 40,831,881 (50.08%) Electoral votes: 297 (55.2%) <br> Gerald Ford <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> and Bob Dole (R)Popular vote: 39,148,634 (48.01%) Electoral votes: 240 <br> Eugene McCarthy and (I)Popular vote:744,763 (0.91%) Electoral votes: 0 <br> Roger MacBride and David Bergland (L)Popular vote:172,557 (0.21%) Electoral vote: 0 <br> Lester Maddox and William Dyke (AI)Popular vote: 170,373 (0.21%) Electoral vote: 0 <br> Thomas J. Anderson and Rufus Shackelford (A)Popular vote: 158,724 (0.19%) Electoral votes: 0 <br> OthersPopular vote: 313,848 (0.39%) Electoral votes: 0
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Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1980: <br> Jimmy Carter <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â 2,123 (64.04%) <br> Ted Kennedy â 1,151 (34.72%) <br> William Proxmire â 10 (0.30%) <br> Koryne Kaneski Horbal â 5 (0.15%) <br> Scott M. Matheson â 5 (0.15%) <br> Ron Dellums â 3 (0.09%) <br> Robert Byrd â 2 (0.06%) <br> John Culver â 2 (0.06%) <br> Kent Hance â 2 (0.06%) <br> Jennings Randolph â 2 (0.06%) <br> Warren Spannaus â 2 (0.06%) <br> Alice Tripp â 2 (0.06%) <br> Jerry Brown â 1 (0.03%) <br> Dale Bumpers â 1 (0.03%) <br> Hugh L. Carey â 1 (0.03%) <br> Walter Mondale â 1 (0.03%) <br> Edmund Muskie â 1 (0.03%) <br> Thomas J. Steed â 1 (0.03%)
Democratic Party vice presidential nomination, 1980: <br> Walter Mondale <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> â 2,429 (72.99%) <br> Abstentions â 724 (21.76%) <br> Melvin Boozer â 49 (1.44%) <br> Ed Rendell â 28 (0.84%) <br> Roberto A. Mondragon â 19 (0.57%) <br> Patricia Stone Simon â 11 (0.33%) <br> Tom Daschle â 10 (0.30%) <br> Ted Kulongoski â 8 (0.24%) <br> Shirley Chisholm â 6 (0.18%) <br> Terry Chisholm â 6 (0.18%) <br> Barbara Jordan â 4 (0.12%) <br> Richard M. Nolan â 4 (0.12%) <br> Patrick Joseph Lucey â 3 (0.09%) <br> Jerry Brown â 2 (0.06%) <br> George McGovern â 2 (0.06%) <br> Eric Tovar â 2 (0.06%) <br> Mo Udall â 2 (0.06%) <br> Les Aspin â 1 (0.03%) <br> Mario Biaggi â 1 (0.03%) <br> George S. Broody â 1 (0.03%) <br> Michella Kathleen Gray â 1 (0.03%) <br> Michael J. Carrington â 1 (0.03%) <br> Frank Johnson â 1 (0.03%) <br> Eunice Kennedy Shriver â 1 (0.03%) <br> Dennis Krumm â 1 (0.03%) <br> Mary Ann Kuharski â 1 (0.03%) <br> Jim McDermott â 1 (0.03%) <br> Barbara Mikulski â 1 (0.03%) <br> Gaylord Nelson â 1 (0.03%) <br> George Orwell â 1 (0.03%) <br> Charles Prine â 1 (0.03%) <br> William A. Redmond â 1 (0.03%) <br> Jim Thomas â 1 (0.03%) <br> Elly Uharis â 1 (0.03%) <br> Jim Weaver â 1 (0.03%) <br> William Winpisinger â 1 (0.03%)
1980 United States presidential election: <br> Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R)Popular vote: 43,903,230 (50.75%) Electoral votes: 489 (90.9%) <br> Jimmy Carter <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> and Walter Mondale <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (D)Popular vote: 35,480,115 (41.01%) Electoral votes: 49 (9.1%) <br> John B. Anderson and Patrick Joseph Lucey (I)Popular vote: 5,719,850 (6.61%) Electoral votes: 0 <br> Ed Clark and David H. Koch (L)Popular vote: 921,128 (1.06%) Electoral votes: 0 <br> Barry Commoner and LaDonna Harris (C)Popular vote: 233,052 (0.27%) Electoral votes: 0 <br> OthersPopular vote: 252,303 (0.29%) Electoral votes: 0
1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries: <br> Walter Mondale â 6,952,912 (38.32%) <br> Gary Hart â 6,504,842 (35.85%) <br> Jesse Jackson â 3,282,431 (18.09%) <br> John Glenn â 617,909 (3.41%) <br> George McGovern â 334,801 (1.85%) <br> Unpledged delegates â 146,212 (0.81%) <br> Lyndon LaRouche â 123,649 (0.68%) <br> Reubin Askew â 52,759 (0.29%) <br> Alan Cranston â 51,437 (0.28%) <br> Ernest Hollings â 33,684 (0.19%)
Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1984: <br> Walter Mondale â 2,191 (56.41%) <br> Gary Hart â 1,201 (30.92%) <br> Jesse Jackson â 466 (12.00%) <br> Thomas Eagleton â 18 (0.46%) <br> George McGovern â 4 (0.10%) <br> John Glenn â 2 (0.05%) <br> Joe Biden â 1 (0.03%) <br> Martha Kirkland â 1 (0.03%)
1984 United States presidential election: <br> Ronald Reagan <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> and George H. W. Bush <abbr title="Incumbent">*</abbr> (R)Popular vote: 54,455,472 (58.77%) Electoral votes: 525 (97.58%) <br> Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro (D)Popular vote: 37,577,352 (40.56%) Electoral votes: 13 (2.42%) <br> David Bergland and James A. Lewis (L)Popular vote: 228,111 (0.25%) Electoral vote: 0 <br> OthersPopular vote:392,298 (0.42%) Electoral votes: 0