Farmer-Labor party

[fahr-mer ley-ber]

noun

1. a political party in Minnesota, founded in 1920 and merged with the Democratic Party in 1944.

2. a political party founded in Chicago in 1919 and dissolved in 1924.

Example Sentences

His rise in national name ID ahead of the Minneapolis Democratic Farmer-Labor Party convention in July brought with it attacks from the likes of far-right Libs of TikTok founder Chaya Raichik, as well as the late right-wing podcaster and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

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Ken Martin, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer-Labor Party and a rules committee member, said he anticipates the committee will weigh in on the jousting between New Hampshire and Nevada over the first-in-the-nation primary, Iowa’s hopes of staying in the early state mix, and the battle between Minnesota and Michigan to become the Iowa alternative.

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A spokeswoman for the Minnesota’s Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, Ellen Anderson, confirmed that lawmakers received such messages.

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Democrats in Minnesota are known as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party because of their 1944 merger with the Farmer-Labor Party.

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“From a branding perspective, we have a huge problem,” said Ken Martin, the chairman of Minnesota’s Democratic Farmer-Labor Party.

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