Hubert H. Humphrey American Democrat politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States and represented Minnesota in the United States Senate.
Born May 27, 1911 in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey served as assistant director of the War Manpower Commission, as a college professor, and radio commentator before becoming mayor of Minneapolis in 1945. In 1948, he won election to the U.S. Senate, where he became known as “the Happy Warrior.” In 1964, he was elected vice president in Lyndon Johnson’s presidential win. Humphrey ran as the democratic nominee in an unsuccessful bid for President of the United States in 1968, losing to republican Richard Nixon. Humphrey would later be reelected to the U.S. Senate and serve from 1971 to 1978.
June 24, 1997 - Minnesota Attorney General "Skip" Humphrey has denied reports that he's softening his opposition to the tentative deal ending state lawsuits against cigarette makers. Humphrey says he's as opposed to the deal now as he was when it was announced last Friday. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports.
September 17, 1997 - President Clinton today called for sweeping changes in the proposed national tobacco settlement, including industry penalties of up to a $1.50 per pack if teen-age smoking fails to fall sharply over 10 years. In making his first detailed comment on the $368-billion tobacco settlement reached in June, Clinton effectively refused to endorse the agreement, outlining so many changes that it was certain to serve as little more than a starting point for any legislation that Congress may ultimately fashion. Minnesota's lawsuit against the industry is set to go to court in January. State Attorney General Skip Humphrey, who has been highly critical of the tobacco companies and the settlement, says the original settlement is dead. It's not, he says, just a bargaining tactic by the President.
February 23, 1998 - Next Tuesday night Republicans and Democrats hold precinct caucuses to elect delegates to this summer's party conventions. This week Minnesota Public Radio is profiling the candidates vying for their endorsement for governor. The race is drawing attention outside of Minnesota because the race includes several sons of famous fathers. None has a bigger name, or is taking a bigger gamble now, than Attorney General Skip Humphrey. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen Louise Boothe has the first in a series of profiles of gubernatorial candidates.
February 24, 1998 - A new Minnesota Public Radio-St. Paul Pioneer Press-Kare 11 TV poll shows Attorney General Skip Humphrey with the most support in the race for the DFL gubernatorial nomination and St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman with the most support on the Republican side. Among people polled who say they're likely to vote in the DFL primary, about a third said they'd vote for Humphrey, a third split among the other candidates, and a third are undecided. Among people likely to vote in the Republican primary, Coleman leads Lieutenant Governor Joanne Benson and conservative Allen Quist by 12 percentage points. Minnesota Public Radio's Brent Wolfe reports.
February 25, 1998 - Attorney General Skip Humphrey survived attacks by Republican lawmakers when the State Senate today debated a budget bill to fund government operations. Minnesota Public Radios Eric Jansen reports from the Capitol.
March 4, 1998 - Last night's DFL caucus straw poll confirmed Skip Humphrey as the man to beat in the race for the DFL nomination for Governor. His lead was not very commanding, only five percentage points ahead of Mike Freeman, but it was enough to make him a target for the runners-up. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports.
March 26, 1998 - A Ramsey County judge is considering whether to order the Minnesota Twins and major league baseball to submit over 30 years of documents to Attorney General Skip Humphrey. Humphrey's office is investigating whether a threatened move of the Minnesota Twins to North Carolina violates federal anti-trust laws. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Collins reports. --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 9470 | TIME: 4:49 | OUTCUE: "...STD --------------------------------------------------------- Xxxxxxxxxx Humphrey isn't saying for sure that Major League Baseb
April 8, 1998 - The plaintiffs in Minnesota's lawsuit against the tobacco industry today urged Congress to pass legislation regulating the industry - without big tobacco's approval. The nation's top four tobacco companies now say they will fight a proposed national agreement settling states' lawsuits. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports... Minnesota Attorney General Skip Humphrey says tobacco companies' support for a national settlement crumbled, because the industry didn't get the sweetheart deal it wanted. He urged Congress to approve even tougher legislation cracking down on the industry...
May 12, 1998 - (use THIS ... corrected TIME) Gubernatorial candidates from all three major political parties declared open season on the state's $7 Billion tobacco settlement today (TUESDAY). The candidates criticized the deal's financial structure, as well as what they consider the "excessive" fee for the state's lawyers. But the real target was the DFL front-runner in the Governor's race, Attorney General Skip Humphrey. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: The critics' main theme today was attorneys fees.Prominent Republicans have been grumbling for months about the potential for a huge payout for Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, the private firm that handled the state's case; now DFL gubernatorial Mark Dayton has joined in. He says enriching the lawyers seems to be the settlement's first priority.
June 3, 1998 - If today were election day, Minnesotans would pick Attorney General Skip Humphrey to be their next Governor. That's assuming a race between Humphrey and the current Republican front-runner, Norm Coleman -- one of several possible match-ups tested on voters in a new poll by MPR, the Pioneer Press and KARE-11. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste has more: In this poll, Skip Humphrey looks strong on a number of fronts. Paired off in a hypothetical race against Republican front-runner Norm Coleman, Humphrey comes out on top, 46 percent to 30. Humphrey has to win the DFL nomination before he faces a Republican... but things are looking good for him, there, too: in a survey of likely primary voters, all other DFLers trail Humphrey by at least 19 percentage points. The Humphrey campaign chairman, Vance Opperman, says Democrats have concluded that Humphrey is the one who can lead their party back to the governor's mansion: