Not only was Rep. Bjorn Olson the mayor of Walter Mondale’s hometown of Ellmore in southwestern Minnesota, but he also still lives in the former vice president’s former house backyard where Mondale announced his 1984 presidential candidacy. Hear Olson, a social studies teacher, farmer, and U.S. Army Reserve Captain recount past encounters with Mondale and Governor Walz, and hear him discuss how his rural, agricultural roots inform serving as a southwestern Minnesotan representative.