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Walter Mondale, Former Vice President and Failed Presidential Candidate, Dies at 93

HeadlineApr 20, 2021

Former Vice President Walter Mondale has died at the age of 93. Mondale spent 12 years representing Minnesota in the U.S. Senate before becoming vice president under Jimmy Carter. In 1984, Mondale won the Democratic Party’s nomination for the presidency and made history by picking a woman, Geraldine Ferraro, as his running mate. Mondale lost to incumbent Republican Ronald Reagan in a landslide.

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