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| − | '''Walter Mondale''' '''(1928–present)''' was the [[Senator]] from [[Minnesota]] from 1966 to 1976, and served as Vice | + | '''Walter Mondale''' '''(1928–present)''' was the [[Senator]] from [[Minnesota]] from 1966 to 1976, and served as [[Vice President of the United States|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. An avowed [[liberal]], Mondale was defeated by [[Ronald Reagan]] and managed to carry only his home state and the [[District of Columbia]]. He is the only person in history to have lost a statewide election as the nominee of a major party in all fifty states, having lost the 2002 senatorial election in Minnesota and the 1984 presidential election in the other forty-nine. [[Image:Mondale84.jpg|thumb|325px]] |
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| + | Author [[Tim LaHaye]], in ''[[The Battle for the Mind, A Subtle Warfare]]'' recounts Mondale's [[Secular humanism|humanist]] background. Mondale was a contributor to ''The Humanist'' magazine and attended the 5th Congress of the International Humanist and Ethical Union held in August 1970 at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. At that conference, then Senator Mondale said: "Although I have never formally joined a humanist society, I think I am a member by inheritance. My preacher father was a humanist ... and I grew up on a very rich diet of humanism from him. All of our family has been deeply influenced by this tradition including my brother Lester, a Unitarian minister ..." Indeed Robert Lester Mondale (1904-2003), Walter Mondale's older half-brother, was the only person to sign each of the three ''Humanist Manifesto''s in 1933, 1973, and 2003.ref>Tim LaHaye, ''[[The Battle for the Mind, A Subtle Warfare]],'' (Old Tappan, [[New Jersey]]: Power Books (Fleming H. Revell Company), 1980), p. 139.</ref> | ||
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| − | In 2002 Mondale ran for the Senate again | + | In 2002 Mondale ran for the Senate again as the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota to succeed the late [[Paul Wellstone]], who died in a plane crash eleven days before the election. Mondale lost to Republican [[Norm Coleman]], who in turn was narrowly unseated in 2008 by the liberal comedian [[Al Franken]]. |
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Revision as of 00:05, June 3, 2017
| Walter Mondale | |
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| 42nd Vice-President of the United States | |
| Term of office January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981 | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Nelson Rockefeller |
| Succeeded by | George H. W. Bush |
| Born | January 5, 1928 Ceylon, Minnesota |
| Spouse | Joan Adams |
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.[1] He was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1984. An avowed liberal, Mondale was defeated by Ronald Reagan and managed to carry only his home state and the District of Columbia. He is the only person in history to have lost a statewide election as the nominee of a major party in all fifty states, having lost the 2002 senatorial election in Minnesota and the 1984 presidential election in the other forty-nine.
Author Tim LaHaye, in The Battle for the Mind, A Subtle Warfare recounts Mondale's humanist background. Mondale was a contributor to The Humanist magazine and attended the 5th Congress of the International Humanist and Ethical Union held in August 1970 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At that conference, then Senator Mondale said: "Although I have never formally joined a humanist society, I think I am a member by inheritance. My preacher father was a humanist ... and I grew up on a very rich diet of humanism from him. All of our family has been deeply influenced by this tradition including my brother Lester, a Unitarian minister ..." Indeed Robert Lester Mondale (1904-2003), Walter Mondale's older half-brother, was the only person to sign each of the three Humanist Manifestos in 1933, 1973, and 2003.ref>Tim LaHaye, The Battle for the Mind, A Subtle Warfare, (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Power Books (Fleming H. Revell Company), 1980), p. 139.</ref>
1984 Defeat
Mondale's defeat was by the largest margin since the 1930s, worse even than 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 Presidential candidate.
2002 Campaign
In 2002 Mondale ran for the Senate again as the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota to succeed the late Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash eleven days before the election. Mondale lost to Republican Norm Coleman, who in turn was narrowly unseated in 2008 by the liberal comedian Al Franken.
References
- ↑ Fandex, Workman Publishing, 2002.
External links
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