Former VP Mondale fondly remembered in NH as a decent, humorous man, iconic public servant Share Updated: 11:00 PM EDT Apr 19, 2021 Share Updated: 11:00 PM EDT Apr 19, 2021
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Show Transcript TOM: SO WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING POLITICAL NEWS. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE WALTER MONDALE HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 93. GOOD EVENING, NEW HAMPSHIRE. I’M TOM GRIFFITH. MONDALE SERVED HIS HOME STATE OF MINNESOTA AS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND U.S. SENATOR BEFORE BECOMING PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER’S RUNNING MATE IN 1976. MONDALE THEN RAN FOR AND WON THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1984, BUT HE CAME IN SECOND IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY TO GARY HART. HE MADE HISTORY FOR CHOOSING THE FIRST FEMALE RUNNING MATE, GERALDINE FERRARO. THE PAIR LOST THE ELECTION TO THE REAGAN-BUSH TICKET. TONIGHT WE SPOKE TO SOME OF THE GRANITE STATERS WHO HELPED WITH MONDALE’S 1984 CAMPAIGN. I THINK THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO MISS A P