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'''Walter Mondale''' '''(1928 - present)''' was the [[Senator]] from [[Minnesota]] from 1966 to 1976, and served as Vice-President under [[Jimmy Carter]] from 1977 to 1981.<ref> ''Fandex'', Workman Publishing, 2002. </ref> He was the [[Democratic Party]] nominee for President in 1984, and in losing an overwhelming defeat to [[Ronald Reagan]], he only managed to carry his home state and the District of Columbia.
'''Walter Mondale''' '''(1928 - present)''' was the [[Senator]] from [[Minnesota]] from 1966 to 1976, and served as Vice-President under [[Jimmy Carter]] from 1977 to 1981.<ref> ''Fandex'', Workman Publishing, 2002. </ref> He was the [[Democratic Party]] nominee for President in 1984. He was defeated by [[Ronald Reagan]], and only managed to carry his home state of Minnesota and the [[District of Columbia]].
In 2002 Mondale ran for the Senate again, replacing Senator Paul Wellstone on the ballot when he died in a plane crash 11 days before the election. Mondale lost to Republican [[Norm Coleman]].
==1984 Defeat==
Mondale's defeat was by the largest margin since the 1930's, worse even than [[George McGovern|George McGovern's]] in 1972. While Mondale's defeat is striking, the campaign is also notable because it was the first time a woman was included on a major party's ticket. [[Geraldine Ferraro]] was selected as his [[vice president|vice presidential]] candiate.
==2002 Campaihn==
In 2002 Mondale ran for the Senate again, replacing [[Senator]] [[Paul Wellstone]] on the ballot when Wellstone died in a plane crash 11 days before the election. Mondale lost to Republican [[Norm Coleman]].
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