[[Image:WalterMondale.jpg|thumb|100px|Walter Mondale in the 70's]]
[[Image:WalterMondale.jpg|thumb|100px|Walter Mondale in the 70's]]
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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 unsuccessful [[Democratic Party]] nominee for President in 1984, and in losing an overwhelming dedeat to [[Ronald Reagan]], ho only managed to carry his home state.
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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.
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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.