Possible Clues:

• Nov. ballot designation
• Not Rep. or Ind.
• Many a blue stater: Abbr.
• FDR, e.g.
• 'Roll ___ bones!'
• "Dose guys"
• D.C. party
• FDR or JFK, politically
• '___ Bums' (nickname of the Brooklyn Dodgers)
• One in a blue state majority: Abbr.