Claim: Hubert Humphrey was the DFL candidate for mayor of the county seat of Hennepin County.
Evidence: 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.
Minneapolis -LRB- -LSB- mɪniˈæpəlɪs -RSB- -RRB- is the county seat of Hennepin County , and the larger of the Twin Cities , the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.