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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 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".1 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.2 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 Humphrey in 1968 and Walter Mondale in 1984. Both were unsuccessful, losing to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan respectively. Several moderate Democrats candidates and officeholders have now left the party, some of them moving to the Independence Party Of Minnesota , which considers itself a centrist party; among them are Tim Penny , Peter Hutchinson and Tammy Lee . CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS Constitutional officers State legislative leaders
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