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).
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Later, in 1999, Mondale was appointed chairman of the Metropolitan Council in the Cabinet of Governor Jesse Ventura.
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Mondale's sister, Eleanor Mondale (1960–2011), was a television personality who began her television career at a Minneapolis local network affiliate, and moved on to the E! Online cable channel and eventually the CBS show "This Morning."
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