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.

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. 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. Just before taking office mondale set out to redefine the role of the. 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. 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.

Walter mondale was a fantastic candidate but probably not the most lively candidate said scott widmeyer who was ferraro s press secretary. Walter mondale s choice of representative geraldine ferraro as his running mate in 1984 opened the major parties general election tickets to women for the first time.