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The DFL's base of support is diverse, and it includes urban and suburban voters, working class voters, labor unions, environmentalists, and other progressive groups. [19] The party has a strong presence in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. [20] The DFL has lost support in traditional DFL strongholds such as the Iron Range since 2016. [21]
The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party (FLP) was a left-wing American political party in Minnesota between 1918 and 1944. The FLP largely dominated Minnesota politics during the Great Depression . It was one of the most successful statewide third party movements in United States history and the longest-lasting affiliate of the national Farmer ...
When Martin was elected DFL Party Chair in 2011, he inherited a state party deeply in debt [8] following significant election losses including losing the majority in the State Senate for the first time in 40 years, the majority in the House of Representatives, and one of the longest held Democratic seats in Congress in MN-08 with the defeat of ...
Senate District 60 Special DFL Primary Party Candidate Votes % Democratic (DFL) Doron Clark: 2,073: 38.13: Democratic (DFL) Monica Meyer 1,882 34.62 Democratic (DFL) Peter Wagenius 1,262 23.22 Democratic (DFL) Amal Karim 93 1.71 Democratic (DFL) Iris Grace Altamirano 74 1.36 Democratic (DFL) Joshua Preston 29 0.53 Democratic (DFL) Emilio César ...
The 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the 40th Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota for a four-year term to begin in January 2011. The general election was contested by the major party candidates State Representative Tom Emmer ( R – Delano ), former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton ( DFL ), and ...
The Ninety-fourth Minnesota Legislature is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state of Minnesota, composed of the Minnesota Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives. It convened in Saint Paul on January 14, 2025, [1] following the November 2024 elections for the House as well as a special election for Senate District 45.
The 1966 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on 8 November 1966 in order to elect the attorney general of Minnesota. Republican nominee and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives Douglas M. Head defeated Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Wayne H. Olson. [ 1 ]
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). This was the first election for the DFL since it won a majority of seats in the 2012 election , after losing a majority to the Republicans in the 2010 election .