Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
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| Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | |
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| Party Chairman | Brian Melendez |
| Senate Leader | Dean Johnson |
| House Leader | Matt Entenza |
| Founded | April 15, 1944 |
| Headquarters | 255 East Plato Blvd St. Paul, MN 55107 |
| Political ideology | American Liberalism Progressivism Center-left |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Color(s) | Blue |
| Website | www.dfl.org |
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is a major political party in the US state of Minnesota. It was created on April 15, 1944 when the Minnesota Democratic Party and Farmer-Labor Party merged. Hubert H. Humphrey was instrumental in this merger. The party is affiliated with the national Democratic Party. The nickname "DFLers" is often used in Minnesota by both members and non-members of the party as an alternative to "Democrats".
In 1954 Orville Freeman was elected the state's first DFL governor. Minneapolis Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey, and Walter Mondale, who each served as a US Senator and as US vice president, were important members of the party.
Other important party members include Senator Eugene McCarthy, who ran for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 1968 as the anti-Vietnam War candidate, and Senator Paul Wellstone, known during his years in the Senate (1991-2002) as that body's chief voice of populist progressivism.[1] The party's headquarters are in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Two DFLers became Vice President and ran for presidency as the nominees of the national Democratic Party. They were Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968 and Walter Mondale in 1984. Both were unsuccessful, losing to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan respectively.
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[edit] Current elected officials
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- Senator Mark Dayton
- Senator-elect Amy Klobuchar
- Secretary of State-elect Mark Ritchie
- State Auditor-elect Rebecca Otto
- Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch
- Attorney General-elect Lori Swanson
- U.S. Representative (4th District) - Betty McCollum
- U.S. Representative (5th District) - Martin Olav Sabo
- U.S. Representative (7th District) - Collin Peterson
- U.S. Representative (8th District) - James Oberstar
- Representative-elect (1st District) - Tim Walz
- Representative-elect (5th District) - Keith Ellison
[edit] Current Leadership
- Chair - Brian Melendez
- Associate Chair - Donna Cassut
- Treasurer - Bill Davis
- Secretary - Sue Rego
- Affirmative Action Officer - Megan Thomas
[edit] See also
- Republican Party of Minnesota
- Independence Party of Minnesota
- United States presidential election, 1968
- United States presidential election, 1984
[edit] References
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[edit] Further reading
- Delton, Jennifer A. Making Minnesota Liberal: Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002.
- Haynes, John Earl. Farm Coops and the Election of Hubert Humphrey to the Senate. Agricultural History 57, no. 2 (Fall 1983).
- Haynes, John Earl. Dubious Alliance: The Making of Minnesota’s DFL Party. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1984.
- Henrickson, Gary P. Minnesota in the "McCarthy’ Period": 1946-1954. Ph.D. diss. University of Minnesota, 1981.
- Lebedoff, David. The 21st Ballot: A Political Party Struggle in Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1969.
- Lebedoff, David. Ward Number Six. New York: Scribner, 1972. Discusses the entry of radicals into the DFL party in 1968.
- Mitau, G. Theodore. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Schism of 1948. Minnesota History 34 (Spring 1955).de:Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
