Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is a 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".

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Political party - US - State - Minnesota - April 15 - 1944 - Farmer-Labor Party - Hubert H. Humphrey - Democratic Party

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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 the party.

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1954 - Orville Freeman - Minneapolis - Hubert H. Humphrey - Walter Mondale - US Senator - US vice president

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Other important party members include US Senator Eugene McCarthy, who ran for the Democratic Party nomination in 1968 as the anti-Vietnam War candidate, and US Senator Paul Wellstone, known during his years in the Senate (1991-2002) as that body's chief voice of populist progressivismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party#CNN.

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US Senator - Eugene McCarthy - Paul Wellstone - 1991 - 2002

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The party's headquarters are in St Paul, Minnesota.

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St Paul - Minnesota

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