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The Classification of Political parties listed on TheGreenPapers.com.

  1. Major Parties (those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1980 and 2008)
    1. Democrats and affiliates
    2. Republicans and affiliates
  2. Third Parties
    1. Major Third Parties and affiliates (any Party, other than a Major Party [as defined in 1. above], receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1980 and 2008 and which fielded candidates in the previous presidential election [2008] are hereby defined as "Major third parties" for the purposes of "The Green Papers" website. Excluded from this are non-party Independent bids for President which received at least 0.15% of the nationwide popular vote. See Criteria for including Major Third Parties.)
    2. Other Third Parties (i.e., not a Major Third Party)
  3. Independents (covering Unaffiliated, Nonpartisan and all the other synonyms/euphemisms for Independent)
  4. Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 
    

Democratic-Farmer Labor
Democratic-Farmer Labor Affiliate of: Democratic
Minnesota affiliate of the Democratic Party

Incumbents, candidates, and links to state affiliates
3 Incumbents
11 Candidates


 
StatePartyCandidate or LinkOffice
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Michigan  
MinnesotaDemocratic-Farmer LaborBrian Patrick BarnesCandidate for House CD 3
Democratic-Farmer LaborCongressman Keith Maurice EllisonCandidate for House CD 5
Democratic-Farmer LaborJames Joseph "Jim" GravesCandidate for House CD 6
Democratic-Farmer LaborSenator Amy J. KlobucharCandidate for Senate Class 1
Democratic-Farmer LaborCongressman Betty McCollumCandidate for House CD 4
Democratic-Farmer Laborformer Congressman Richard Michael "Rick" NolanCandidate for House CD 8
Democratic-Farmer LaborPresident Barack Hussein ObamaCandidate for President
Democratic-Farmer Laborformer state Representative Michael E. "Mike" ObermuellerCandidate for House CD 2
Democratic-Farmer LaborAuditor Rebecca OttoIncumbent Auditor
Democratic-Farmer LaborCongressman Collin Clark PetersonCandidate for House CD 7
Democratic-Farmer LaborSecretary of State Mark RitchieIncumbent Secretary of State
Democratic-Farmer LaborAttorney General Lori SwansonIncumbent Attorney General
Democratic-Farmer LaborCongressman Timothy J. "Tim" WalzCandidate for House CD 1
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North Dakota(Democratic-Farmer Labor)Tracy PotterCandidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Parties are listed as (party) where either it has been reported that a given candidacy is affiliated with a given Party but said affiliation does not appear on the ballot or 'The Green Papers' does not have independent confirmation from an election authority that the given Party has its own separate line on the ballot.

 


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