About: 1980 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection

The selection of the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate for the 1980 United States presidential election occurred at the party's national convention on August 11, 1980. Although incumbent Presidents and Vice Presidents are usually renominated with acclamation, during the Democratic primaries, Senator Ted Kennedy mounted a primary challenge to President Jimmy Carter that lasted until the presidential ballot at the national convention. The Carter–Mondale ticket ultimately lost to the Reagan–Bush ticket.