Walter Mondale Running Mate

Ferraro became the only italian american to be a major party national nominee in addition to being the first woman.

Walter mondale running mate. Walter mondale was a fantastic candidate but probably not the most lively candidate said scott widmeyer who was ferraro s press secretary. Geraldine ferraro joined democrat walter mondale s 1984 presidential campaign when he was trailing president reagan badly in the polls. Campaign button 1984 button from walter mondale s 1984 presidential campaign also showing his running mate geraldine ferraro the first woman vice presidential candidate in u s. With just days to go before the democratic national convention mondale selected new york congresswoman geraldine ferraro to join him on the ticket on july 12 1984.

Representative geraldine ferraro from new york as his running mate making her the first woman nominated for that position by a major party. In 1984 former vice president and presidential candidate walter mondale seen as an underdog selected ferraro to be his running mate in the upcoming election. Similarly in 1976 jimmy carter a southern conservative picked as his running mate walter mondale a northern liberal. There are few people in this world who are better able to understand the vice presidency mondale served as president jimmy carter s running mate between 1977 and 1981.

Just before taking office mondale set out to redefine the role of the. At the democratic convention mondale chose u s.