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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]
Minnesota has had a history of favoring the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) candidates in presidential elections since the 1960s. However, Minnesota has also had an active Republican Party that has been viewed as gaining more support since the late 1990s and early 2000s due to population migration to the suburbs along with the party's focus on socially conservative positions ...
The Minnesota Young DFL (simply referred to as MYDFL) is the official youth caucus of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The group's membership is open to any Minnesotan Democrat under the age of 36. [1] The Minnesota Young DFL is nationally affiliated with the Young Democrats of America. Its current president is Quentin ...
This was the first legislature to be fully DFL-controlled since the 88th Minnesota Legislature in 2013–15. During the first session (2023), the body passed a number of major reforms to Minnesota law, including requiring paid leave, banning noncompete agreements, cannabis legalization, increased spending on infrastructure and environmental protection, modernizing the state's tax code ...
Dave Lislegard (/ ˈ l ɪ z l ə ɡ ɑːr d / LIZ-lə-gard; [1] born March 6, 1973) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Lislegard represents District 7B in northeast Minnesota, which includes the city of Virginia and parts of St. Louis County in the Iron Range.
(dfl) Resigned January 7, 1991, to accept appointment as a Minnesota Judicial District Court Judge. Was reelected, but resigned before the 77th Legislature convened.
The 1966 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Walter Mondale , who had originally been appointed in 1964 to replace Hubert Humphrey after Humphrey was elected Vice President of the United States , defeated Republican challenger Robert A. Forsythe, to win a full term.
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 .