Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American Vice-President.
Hubert Humphrey co-founded Americans for Democratic Action in 1947 with Eleanor Roosevelt and John Kenneth Galbraith.
Supported by Council for a Livable World
The Council for a Livable World, founded in 1962 by long-time socialist activist and alleged Soviet agent, Leo Szilard, is a non-profit advocacy organization that seeks to "reduce the danger of nuclear weapons and increase national security", primarily through supporting progressive, congressional candidates who support their policies. The Council supported Hubert Humphrey in his successful Senate run as candidate for Missouri.[1]
21st Century Democrats support
21st Century Democrats is a Political Action Committee that has stood for Progressive causes for over 20 years. Founded in 1986 by Institute for Policy Studies affiliate, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, Democratic Socialists of America affiliates, former Texas Agriculture Secretary Jim Hightower, and former Illinois Congressman Lane Evans. Its three main goals are to help elect progressive candidates, train young people about grassroots organizing, and lastly, to continue to support our elected officials after Election Day "through our comprehensive progressive network".
Long time Board chair was Democratic Socialists of America member Jim Scheibel, a former Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The mission of 21st Century Democrats is to build a "farm team" of progressive populists who will be the future leaders of the Democratic Party.
- In each election cycle, we endorse a diverse array of candidates who exemplify our values and show unusual promise to advance our progressive goals. We invest in some of the most competitive races as well as in some of the most challenging – those in which the candidates are outstanding but the traditional Democratic supporters are most reticent. We back candidates in primaries as well as general election races, and we focus the bulk of our resources on electing challengers and protecting vulnerable incumbents.[2]
Humphrey was endorsed by 21st Century Democrats in the 1998 election cycle.[3]
Socialist speechwriter
One of Cushing Dolbeare's first jobs was as a speechwriter for Sen. Hubert Humphrey, who was invited to talk before a national housing convention.
"I didn't know much about housing," Dolbeare said in 2002, "but I made it sound as if he did."[4]