Editing Tom Daschle (section)

==House of Representatives (1979–1987)==
In 1978 Daschle was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] at the age of 31, winning the race by a margin of 139 votes, following a recount, out of more than 129,000 votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf |title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978 |access-date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> Daschle served four terms in the House of Representatives and quickly became a part of the Democratic leadership.

Although Daschle was not seeking the vice presidency,{{efn|Daschle would only have been 33 on Inauguration Day in 1981; two years below the Constitutional minimum age of 35 for a President or Vice-President}} he received 10 (0.30%) delegate votes for Vice President of the United States at the [[1980 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59872 |title=US Vice President – D Convention Race – August 11, 1980 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=October 26, 2011}}</ref>  Several others also received protest votes, but incumbent Vice President [[Walter Mondale]] was nevertheless renominated easily.