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After the Farmer-Laborites' spectacular fall from power in the 1938 general election, there was increasing pressure from the national
Democratic Party for a merger between the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer-Labor Party. In spite of substantial minorities in both parties continuing to
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bred closer cooperation between the Farmer-Laborites and the
Democrats. With a large backing from Farmer-Laborites, Roosevelt became the first Democrat ever to win Minnesota's electoral votes in
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dealt a devastating blow to the party from which it never really recovered. Between 1860 and 1918, the
Minnesota Democratic Party was a distant second party to the dominant
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Minnesota's admission into the Union in 1858, the Minnesota Democratic Party was briefly the dominant party in the state; however, the
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oppose merging, the majority in the Farmer-Labor Party led by former
Governor Benson and the slim majority of the Minnesota Democratic Party led by future
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status, as the Farmer-Laborites became the primary opposition to the
Republicans. During the 1930s, a political alliance between Minnesota Governor
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Following the establishment of the Farmer-Labor Party in 1918, the
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the
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ultimately concluded such a merger in 1944, creating the
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
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This article is about the historical Minnesota Democratic Party. For the modern party, see
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In each of his three appearances on the general election ballot for Governor,
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for a grand total of seven years, never controlled either chamber of the
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ran at the head of a coalition consisting of the Democratic Party, the
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was a political party in Minnesota that existed from the formation of
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139:Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
72:Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
18:Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
1458:Political parties established in 1849
1427:Political party strength in Minnesota
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1244:Democratic Party (United States)
1378:Constitution Party of Minnesota
1473:Political parties in Minnesota
1362:Libertarian Party of Minnesota
1300:Political parties in Minnesota
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1326:Republican Party of Minnesota
1409:Socialist Party of Minnesota
1399:Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party
135:Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party
1404:Minnesota Progressive Party
1352:Independence-Alliance Party
188:1936 gubernatorial election
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146:1860 presidential election
127:Minnesota Democratic Party
31:Minnesota Democratic Party
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529:Lucius Frederick Hubbard
1207:Silver Republican Party
587:Eugene McLanahan Wilson
367:Charles Eugene Flandrau
353:William Rainey Marshall
735:Samuel Rinnah Van Sant
209:Gubernatorial nominees
1422:Politics of Minnesota
1254:Politics of Minnesota
1009:Theodore Christianson
845:Adolph Olson Eberhart
441:Cushman Kellogg Davis
257:Henry Hastings Sibley
240:Henry Hastings Sibley
180:Franklin D. Roosevelt
162:Minnesota Legislature
158:Governor of Minnesota
105:Politics of Minnesota
1468:History of Minnesota
689:David Marston Clough
657:George Loomis Becker
599:William Rush Merriam
271:George Loomis Becker
78:National affiliation
1371:Other minor parties
1228:Elmer Austin Benson
1136:Thomas F. Gallagher
1122:Elmer Austin Benson
953:Laurence C. Hodgson
895:Winfield S. Hammond
878:Winfield S. Hammond
785:John Albert Johnson
768:John Albert Johnson
192:Elmer Austin Benson
137:to form the modern
131:Minnesota Territory
1387:Historical parties
921:J. A. A. Burnquist
573:Andrew Ryan McGill
517:Richard W. Johnson
481:William L. Banning
203:Hubert H. Humphrey
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859:Peter M. Ringdahl
749:Leonard A. Rosing
467:John S. Pillsbury
297:Edward O. Hamblin
228:Elected Governor
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341:Henry Mower Rice
283:Alexander Ramsey
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82:Democratic Party
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935:Fred Wheaton
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499:Edmund Rice
169:third party
1442:Categories
833:James Gray
561:A. A. Ames
429:Asa Barton
1203:John Lind
714:John Lind
676:John Lind
194:instead.
177:President
150:Civil War
115:Elections
53:Dissolved
1238:See also
1226:nominee
1166:140,021
1102:176,928
1089:169,859
1045:213,734
837:103,779
727:150,651
681:162,254
591:110,251
565:104,464
148:and the
1184:75,151
1140:65,875
1063:29,109
1027:38,008
1001:49,353
983:79,903
957:81,293
939:76,793
913:93,112
884:156,304
863:99,659
816:175,136
799:168,480
774:147,992
753:99,362
716:(P/DSR)
703:131,980
661:53,584
635:94,600
617:85,844
547:58,251
521:37,168
503:41,524
485:39,147
459:35,275
433:35,245
415:30,376
389:25,401
371:29,502
345:13,842
319:12,739
301:10,448
275:17,582
225:Percent
219:Nominee
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38:Founded
1169:11.21
1105:16.84
1092:16.44
1048:21.38
986:11.66
960:10.37
942:19.71
916:23.84
840:35.23
756:36.68
730:47.95
684:48.11
664:18.09
638:36.96
620:35.63
594:42.14
568:47.36
550:42.95
524:35.21
506:39.11
488:39.13
462:42.03
436:47.56
418:38.86
374:45.83
348:44.42
322:39.36
278:45.18
246:17,790
92:
88:Colors
1265:Notes
1187:9.46
1143:5.81
1124:(F-L)
1073:(F-L)
1066:3.65
1030:5.42
1004:5.91
889:45.54
866:31.3
821:51.93
804:60.93
779:48.71
708:52.26
392:46.6
304:39.1
251:50.34
222:Votes
1175:1942
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1131:1938
1111:1936
1098:1934
1080:1932
1054:1930
1036:1928
1018:1926
992:1924
974:1922
948:1920
930:1918
904:1916
872:1914
854:1912
828:1910
811:1908
794:1906
762:1904
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723:1900
698:1898
670:1896
652:1894
626:1892
608:1890
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556:1886
538:1883
512:1881
494:1879
476:1877
450:1875
424:1873
406:1871
380:1869
362:1867
336:1865
310:1863
292:1861
266:1859
234:1857
216:Year
184:1932
175:and
125:The
95:Blue
60:1944
56:1944
45:1849
41:1849
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