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).

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%) 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