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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. [23] The party has a strong presence in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. [24] The DFL has lost support in traditional DFL strongholds such as the Iron Range since 2016. [25]
The Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of the Minnesota Senate for the first time since 2016, while maintaining its majority in the Minnesota House of Representatives and control of all statewide offices, and as such won full control of Minnesota state government for the first time since 2014.
(DFL) June 26, 1979 [21] 60B Stanley A. Enebo (DFL) Resigned on December 5, 1979, to become the Associate Director of the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association. [22] Donna C. Peterson (DFL) January 22, 1980 [23] 44B Leo G. Adams (DFL) Resigned to accept appointment to the Minnesota Public Service Commission circa June 1, 1980. [24 ...
The last election resulted in the Republican Party of Minnesota winning a majority of seats, after losing a majority to the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) only two years earlier in the previous election. This resulted in split control of the Legislature for the first time since 2006, ending eight years of unified control by ...
Marvin E. Christianson Sr. (DFL) Donna Jean Christianson (DFL) Death. [1] 26A 79th: August 1, 1995 Gene Hugoson (R) Bob Gunther (R) 11B 80th: November 7, 1997 Ken Otremba (DFL) Mary Ellen Otremba (DFL) Death (cancer). 17A 80th: January 6, 1998 LeRoy Koppendrayer (R) Sondra Erickson (R) Resigned to become a member of the Minnesota Public ...
With his win, Walz gave the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party its fourth consecutive gubernatorial victory, the most in the party's history. [3] Furthermore, the DFL held the State House and flipped the State Senate, gaining a trifecta for the first time since 2012. [4]
Dayton's victory broke his own record, set in 2010, as the oldest Minnesota gubernatorial candidate to win an election; he was 67. [3] It was also the first gubernatorial race since 1994 in which the winner received a majority of the votes cast. The election was the first time since 1994 that a third party did not gain more than 6% of the total ...
Lourey lost the DFL endorsement race to Mike Hatch, but continued to seek the DFL nomination in the primary election. Her running mate was businessman, former NFL defensive back (1976–79), and former Minneapolis Planning Commission member (1992–2001) Tim Baylor. Ole Savior, artist and perennial candidate. At the DFL state convention, Savior ...