Governor Wendell R. Anderson announces that he will fill newly elected Vice President Walter Mondale's US Senate seat. He resigns as governor and is replaced by Lieutenant Governor Rudy Perpich, who then appoints Anderson to complete Mondale's term. The move ends Anderson's political career and makes Perpich's; Anderson would not earn reelection to the senate in 1978, but Perpich would serve out Anderson's term and be elected governor in 1982.