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).

Attorney General of Minnesota

1962

Minnesota Attorney General election, 1962:^[1]
■ Walter Mondale * (DFL) – 730,783 (59.64%)
■ Robert L. Kunzig (R) – 494,621 (40.36%)

United States Senate

1966

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%)

1972

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%)

2002

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%)

Presidential and vice presidential

1972

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%)

1976

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

1. One faithless elector in the state of Washington cast his electoral vote for Ronald Reagan (president) and Robert Dole (vice president).
2. The running mate of Eugene McCarthy varied from state to state.

1980

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

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