Walter Mondale Running Mate

Attorney and politician geraldine ferraro as the vice presidential candidate and running mate of democratic party nominee for president walter mondale in the 1984 election.

Walter mondale running mate.

Representative geraldine ferraro from new york as his running mate making her the first woman nominated for that position by a major party. Similarly in 1976 jimmy carter a southern conservative picked as his running mate walter mondale a northern liberal. In 1984 democratic nominee walter mondale was down by double digits against president reagan in some national polling in the weeks before he picked ferraro as his running mate. At the democratic convention mondale chose u s.

Just before taking office mondale set out to redefine the role of the. 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. Ferraro became the only italian american to be a major party national nominee in addition to being the first woman. 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.

Geraldine ferraro joined democrat walter mondale s 1984 presidential campaign when he was trailing president reagan badly in the polls. 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.