Electoral history of Walter Mondale explained

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).

Attorney General of Minnesota

1962

Minnesota Attorney General election, 1962:^[1]
Walter Mondale * (DFL) – 730,783 (59.64%)
Robert L. Kunzig (R) – 494,621 (40.36%)

United States Senate

1966

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

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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%)

1972

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

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Walter Mondale * (DFL) – 981,320 (56.67%)
Phil Hansen (R) – 742,121 (42.86%)
Karl H. Heck (IG) – 8,192 (0.47%)

2002

Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 2002

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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%)

Presidential and vice presidential

1972

Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1972

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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%)

1976

Democratic Party vice presidential nomination, 1976

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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
Eugene McCarthy and (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
OthersPopular vote: 313,848 (0.39%) Electoral votes: 0

Notes

1980

Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1980

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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

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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

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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
OthersPopular vote: 252,303 (0.29%) Electoral votes: 0

1984

1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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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

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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

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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
OthersPopular vote:392,298 (0.42%) Electoral votes: 0

Trivia

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.

Notes and References

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=80676 Our Campaigns – MN Attorney General Race – Nov 6, 1962
https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=764413 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate – DFL Primary – Sep 13, 1966
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7080 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 8, 1966
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=344518 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate – DFL Primary – Sep 12, 1972
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6535 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 7, 1972
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=12 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 5, 2002
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58482 Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 10, 1972
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59893 Our Campaigns – US Vice President – D Convention Race – Jul 12, 1976
Web site: 1976 Presidential General Election Results. uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections. April 4, 2019.
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58484 Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Aug 11, 1980
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59872 Our Campaigns – US Vice President – D Convention Race – Aug 11, 1980
Web site: 1980 Presidential General Election Results. uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections. April 4, 2019.
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55208 Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 20, 1984
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58503 Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 16, 1984
Web site: 1984 Presidential General Election Results. uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections. April 4, 2019.