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:
[1]
■ Walter Mondale
* (
DFL) – 730,783 (59.64%)
■
Robert L. Kunzig (
R) – 494,621 (40.36%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1966 –
DFL primary:
[2]
■ Walter Mondale
* – 410,841 (90.97%)
■
Ralph E. Franklin 40,785 (9.03%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1966:
[3]
■ Walter Mondale
* (DFL) – 685,840 (53.94%)
■
Robert A. Forsythe (R) – 574,868 (45.21%)
■ Joseph Johnson (
SW) – 5,487 (0.43%)
■
William Braatz (
IG) – 5,231 (0.41%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1972 –
DFL primary:
[4]
■ Walter Mondale
* – 230,679 (89.88%)
■ Tom Griffin – 11,266 (4.39%)
■ Richard Leaf – 7,750 (3.02%)
■
Ralph E. Franklin – 6,946 (2.71%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1972:
[5]
■ Walter Mondale
* (DFL) – 981,320 (56.67%)
■
Phil Hansen (R) – 742,121 (42.86%)
■
Karl H. Heck (
IG) – 8,192 (0.47%)
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 2002:
[6]
■
Norm Coleman (R) – 1,116,697 (49.53%)
■ Walter Mondale (DFL) – 1,067,246 (47.34%)
■
Jim Moore (
IPM) – 45,139 (2.00%)
■
Paul Wellstone
*† (DFL) – 11,381 (0.51%)
■
Ray Tricomo (
G) – 10,119 (0.45%)
■
Miro Drago Kovatchevich (
C) – 2,254 (0.10%)
■ Others – 1,796 (0.08%)
Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1972:
[7]
■
George McGovern – 1,729 (57.37%)
■
Henry M. Jackson – 525 (17.42%)
■
George Wallace – 382 (12.67%)
■
Shirley Chisholm – 152 (5.04%)
■
Terry Sanford – 78 (2.59%)
■
Hubert Humphrey – 67 (2.22%)
■
Wilbur Mills – 34 (1.13%)
■
Edmund Muskie – 25 (0.83%)
■
Ted Kennedy – 13 (0.43%)
■
Wayne Hays – 5 (0.17%)
■
Eugene McCarthy – 2 (0.07%)
■
Ramsey Clark – 1 (0.03%)
■ Walter Mondale – 1 (0.03%)
Democratic Party vice presidential nomination, 1976:
[8]
■ Walter Mondale – 2,817 (94.28%)
■
Carl Albert – 36 (1.21%)
■
Barbara Jordan – 25 (0.84%)
■
Ron Dellums – 20 (0.67%)
■
Henry M. Jackson – 16 (0.54%)
■
Gary Benoit – 12 (0.40%)
■
Frank Church – 11 (0.37%)
■
Fritz Efaw – 11 (0.37%)
■
Peter Flaherty – 11 (0.37%)
■
George Wallace – 6 (0.20%)
■
Allard Lowenstein – 5 (0.17%)
■
Edmund Muskie – 4 (0.13%)
■
Philip Hart – 2 (0.07%)
■
Thomas E. Morgan – 2 (0.07%)
■
Mo Udall – 2 (0.07%)
■
Wendell Anderson – 1 (0.03%)
■
Al Castro – 1 (0.03%)
■
Fred R. Harris – 1 (0.03%)
■
Ernest Hollings – 1 (0.03%)
■
Peter Rodino – 1 (0.03%)
■
Daniel Schorr – 1 (0.03%)
■
Josephnie Smith – 1 (0.03%)
■
Hunter S. Thompson – 1 (0.03%)
1976 United States presidential election
[9]
■
Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D)
Popular vote: 40,831,881 (50.08%)
Electoral votes: 297 (55.2%)
■
Gerald Ford
* and
Bob Dole (R)
Popular vote: 39,148,634 (48.01%) Electoral votes: 240
[A]
■
Eugene McCarthy and
[B] (
I)
Popular vote:744,763 (0.91%) Electoral votes: 0
■
Roger MacBride and
David Bergland (
L)
Popular vote:172,557 (0.21%) Electoral vote: 0
■
Lester Maddox and
William Dyke (
AI)
Popular vote: 170,373 (0.21%) Electoral vote: 0
■
Thomas J. Anderson and
Rufus Shackelford (
A)
Popular vote: 158,724 (0.19%) Electoral votes: 0
■ Others
Popular vote: 313,848 (0.39%) Electoral votes: 0
Notes
Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1980:
[10]
■
Jimmy Carter
* – 2,123 (64.04%)
■
Ted Kennedy – 1,151 (34.72%)
■
William Proxmire – 10 (0.30%)
■
Koryne Kaneski Horbal – 5 (0.15%)
■
Scott M. Matheson – 5 (0.15%)
■
Ron Dellums – 3 (0.09%)
■
Robert Byrd – 2 (0.06%)
■
John Culver – 2 (0.06%)
■
Kent Hance – 2 (0.06%)
■
Jennings Randolph – 2 (0.06%)
■
Warren Spannaus – 2 (0.06%)
■
Alice Tripp – 2 (0.06%)
■
Jerry Brown – 1 (0.03%)
■
Dale Bumpers – 1 (0.03%)
■
Hugh L. Carey – 1 (0.03%)
■ Walter Mondale – 1 (0.03%)
■
Edmund Muskie – 1 (0.03%)
■
Thomas J. Steed – 1 (0.03%)
Democratic Party vice presidential nomination, 1980:
[11]
■ Walter Mondale
* – 2,429 (72.99%)
■
Abstentions – 724 (21.76%)
■
Melvin Boozer – 49 (1.44%)
■
Ed Rendell – 28 (0.84%)
■
Roberto A. Mondragon – 19 (0.57%)
■
Patricia Stone Simon – 11 (0.33%)
■
Tom Daschle – 10 (0.30%)
■
Ted Kulongoski – 8 (0.24%)
■
Shirley Chisholm – 6 (0.18%)
■
Terry Chisholm – 6 (0.18%)
■
Barbara Jordan – 4 (0.12%)
■
Richard M. Nolan – 4 (0.12%)
■
Patrick Joseph Lucey – 3 (0.09%)
■
Jerry Brown – 2 (0.06%)
■
George McGovern – 2 (0.06%)
■
Eric Tovar – 2 (0.06%)
■
Mo Udall – 2 (0.06%)
■
Les Aspin – 1 (0.03%)
■
Mario Biaggi – 1 (0.03%)
■
George S. Broody – 1 (0.03%)
■
Michella Kathleen Gray – 1 (0.03%)
■
Michael J. Carrington – 1 (0.03%)
■ Frank Johnson – 1 (0.03%)
■
Eunice Kennedy Shriver – 1 (0.03%)
■
Dennis Krumm – 1 (0.03%)
■
Mary Ann Kuharski – 1 (0.03%)
■
Jim McDermott – 1 (0.03%)
■
Barbara Mikulski – 1 (0.03%)
■
Gaylord Nelson – 1 (0.03%)
■
George Orwell – 1 (0.03%)
■
Charles Prine – 1 (0.03%)
■
William A. Redmond – 1 (0.03%)
■ Jim Thomas – 1 (0.03%)
■
Elly Uharis – 1 (0.03%)
■
Jim Weaver – 1 (0.03%)
■
William Winpisinger – 1 (0.03%)
1980 United States presidential election:
[12]
■
Ronald Reagan and
George H. W. Bush (R)
Popular vote: 43,903,230 (50.75%)
Electoral votes: 489 (90.9%)
■
Jimmy Carter
* and Walter Mondale
* (D)
Popular vote: 35,480,115 (41.01%) Electoral votes: 49 (9.1%)
■
John B. Anderson and
Patrick Joseph Lucey (
I)
Popular vote: 5,719,850 (6.61%) Electoral votes: 0
■
Ed Clark and
David H. Koch (L)
Popular vote: 921,128 (1.06%) Electoral votes: 0
■
Barry Commoner and
LaDonna Harris (
C)
Popular vote: 233,052 (0.27%) Electoral votes: 0
■ Others
Popular vote: 252,303 (0.29%) Electoral votes: 0
1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries:
[13]
■ Walter Mondale – 6,952,912 (38.32%)
■
Gary Hart – 6,504,842 (35.85%)
■
Jesse Jackson – 3,282,431 (18.09%)
■
John Glenn – 617,909 (3.41%)
■
George McGovern – 334,801 (1.85%)
■ Unpledged delegates – 146,212 (0.81%)
■
Lyndon LaRouche – 123,649 (0.68%)
■
Reubin Askew – 52,759 (0.29%)
■
Alan Cranston – 51,437 (0.28%)
■
Ernest Hollings – 33,684 (0.19%)
Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1984:
[14]
■ Walter Mondale – 2,191 (56.41%)
■
Gary Hart – 1,201 (30.92%)
■
Jesse Jackson – 466 (12.00%)
■
Thomas Eagleton – 18 (0.46%)
■
George McGovern – 4 (0.10%)
■
John Glenn – 2 (0.05%)
■
Joe Biden – 1 (0.03%)
■
Martha Kirkland – 1 (0.03%)
1984 United States presidential election:
[15]
■
Ronald Reagan
* and
George H. W. Bush
* (R)
Popular vote: 54,455,472 (58.77%) Electoral votes: 525 (97.58%)
■ Walter Mondale and
Geraldine Ferraro (D)
Popular vote: 37,577,352 (40.56%) Electoral votes: 13 (2.42%)
■
David Bergland and
James A. Lewis (L)
Popular vote: 228,111 (0.25%) Electoral vote: 0
■ Others
Popular vote:392,298 (0.42%) Electoral votes: 0
Having lost all States except Minnesota in the 1984 Presidential election, and having lost the 2002 Minnesota Senatorial election, Mondale is the only politician to date to have lost a statewide vote in all 50 States.