Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–81) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota (1964–76). He was the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in the United States presidential election of 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan, who won in a landslide. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale was only able to win his home state of Minnesota and Washington D.C.