Hubert Horatio "Buck" Humphrey IV served as the Minnesota State Director for Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign. In 2002 he ran unsuccessfully for Minnesota Secretary of State as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate against the Republican incumbent Mary Kiffmeyer. In the 2000 presidential election, Humphrey managed Al Gore's narrow victory over George W. Bush in Minnesota. Education Humphrey holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota and a Bachelor's degree in Law and Society from American University in Washington, D.C. Background Humphrey is the son of former Minnesota attorney general Hubert H. Humphrey III, and is the grandson of former US Vice President Hubert Humphrey and former Second Lady and US Senator Muriel Humphrey. Humphrey's two previous arrests for drinking and driving, along with other numerous driving offenses became public during his 2002 campaign. Electoral history *2002 Race for state Secretary of State **Mary Kiffmeyer (R) (inc.), 48% **Buck Humphrey (DFL), 45%
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