Electoral history of Walter Mondale

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).

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

1966
Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1966 – DFL primary: Walter Mondale *  – 410,841 (90.97%) Ralph E. Franklin 40,785 (9.03%)

Minnesota U.S. Senate election, 1966: 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: 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: 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: 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%)

1972
Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1972: 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: 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 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 Others   Popular vote: 313,848 (0.39%) Electoral votes: 0

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1980
Democratic Party presidential nomination, 1980: 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: 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: 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
1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries: 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: 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: 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

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.