Walter Mondale 1984 presidential campaign

The 1984 presidential campaign of Walter Mondale, a former Minnesota senator and Vice President of the United States, began on February 21, 1983, when Mondale announced that he was running for president in a speech at the Minnesota State Capitol.[1]

Mondale for President
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Campaign1984 U.S. presidential election
CandidateWalter Mondale
AffiliationDemocratic Party
StatusLost election: November 6, 1984
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts
Key peopleBob Beckel (campaign manager)
SloganAmerica Needs a Change

Mondale won the Democratic Party's presidential nomination after convincing Frank Lautenberg to support him. Lautenberg's vote gave Mondale the 1,967 delegate votes needed to become the Democratic Party's nominee.[2]

Mondale lost the general election, held on November 6, 1984, to incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan in a landslide.[3]

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