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ken martin -lrb- politician -rrb-

ken martin is a minnesota political activist , currently serving as the chair of the democratic-farmer-labor party , the minnesota branch of the democratic party .
martin began his career in politics as a high school volunteer for the campaign of paul wellstone .
after receiving a degree in political science from the university of kansas , martin returned to minnesota to work on a variety of campaigns .
he worked on the gore/lieberman campaign in 2000 , the buck humphrey for secretary of state campaign in 2002 , the kerry/edwards campaign in 2004 , and the mike hatch for governor campaign in 2006 .
in 2010 , martin served as executive director of win minnesota , and managed the recount process for eventual governor mark dayton .
martin was elected to serve as the dfl party 's chair in february 2011 .
