Ted Mondale

Ted Mondale
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 44th district
In office
January 8, 1991 – January 6, 1997
Preceded by Phyllis W. McQuaid
Succeeded by Steve P. Kelley
Personal details
Born Theodore Adams Mondale
(1957-10-12) October 12, 1957
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Pamela Burris
(m. 1988; div. 2013)
Alma mater University of Minnesota (B.A.)
William Mitchell College of Law (J.D.)

Theodore Adams "Ted" Mondale (born October 12, 1957) is a politician, entrepreneur, and public administrator, currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, which will oversee the new Minnesota Vikings stadium from conception to operation,[1] He is the elder son of the former United States senator, United States ambassador and Vice President Walter Mondale and Joan Mondale.[2][3] He is a former Minnesota state senator,[2] former Chairman of the Metropolitan Council, 1999-2003, and former CEO of Nazca Solutions, Inc. - a technology fulfillment venture based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

History

After serving in the Minnesota State Senate, Mondale sought the Democratic primary nomination for Minnesota governor in 1998. Coincidentally, the race included three other candidates from families famously connected in Minnesota politics: Skip Humphrey, the son of former Vice President Hubert Humphrey (then Attorney General); Mark Dayton of the Dayton Department Store dynasty (then State Auditor); and Mike Freeman, son of former governor Orville Freeman (then Hennepin County, Minnesota district attorney). Mondale, who was more fiscally moderate than the other candidates and who had distanced himself from labor, did not prevail in the primary.

In 1999, Mondale was appointed chairman of the Metropolitan Council in the Cabinet of Governor Jesse Ventura. He oversaw the initiation of high density housing/retail development in the Twin Cities, as well as light-rail transportation planning from the suburban areas to the central cities. In 2011, he was named chair of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission by Governor Mark Dayton.[4] In 2012, Mondale was named the CEO of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority[1]

Family

Mondale was married to Pam, with whom he has three children; the couple divorced in 2013.[5] Mondale's sister, Eleanor Mondale (1960–2011), was a television personality who had brain cancer from 2005 until her death from the disease at age 51.[6] Mondale's brother, William H. Mondale, is an attorney and a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Minnesota from 1990 to 2000..

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/160196305.html
  2. 1 2 "National News Briefs; Ted Mondale Joins Race For Minnesota Governor". New York Times. 1998-01-13. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Walter Mondale Fast Facts". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
  4. ↑ https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AuHbob4B7H..Rim6fnd9o5E5nYcB?slug=ap-metrodome-roofcollapse
  5. ↑ http://www.startribune.com/featuredColumns/127071673.html
  6. ↑ The San Francisco Chronicle https://web.archive.org/20110918100133/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/17/national/a084600D12.DTL. Archived from the original on September 18, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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