Hubert Humphrey assisted in founding the DFL in 1944.
Humphrey helped found the Minnesota Democratic -- Farmer -- Labor Party -LRB- DFL -RRB- in 1944 , and in 1945 , became the DFL candidate for mayor of Minneapolis for a second time , winning with 61 % of the vote .	Minnesota	Minnesota	Democratic	Democratic Party (United States)	Minneapolis	Minneapolis	mayor	List of mayors of Minneapolis
