Dean Phillips

Phillips was born to DeeDee (Cohen) and Artie Pfefer in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1969.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewellnews.com/mn-03-dean-phillips/|title=MN-03: Dean Phillips (D)|date=November 6, 2018|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401230929/https://www.thewellnews.com/mn-03-dean-phillips/|url-status=live}} His father was killed in the Vietnam War six months after Phillips was born, making him a Gold Star Son.{{cite web |title=Representative Dean Phillips |url=https://mn.gov/mdva/news/legislative-updates/congressional-corner/dean-phillips.jsp |publisher=Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs |access-date=1 January 2025}} His mother married Eddie Phillips, heir to the Phillips Distilling Company and the son of advice columnist Pauline Phillips (popularly known as Dear Abby),{{cite web |first=Erica|last=Rivera |url=http://www.citypages.com/news/can-this-charming-liquor-heir-beat-minnesotas-corporate-congressman/470779323 |title=Can charming liquor heir Dean Phillips beat Erik Paulsen, Minnesota's corporate congressman? |publisher=City Pages |date=January 24, 2018 |access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023223629/http://www.citypages.com/news/can-this-charming-liquor-heir-beat-minnesotas-corporate-congressman/470779323 |url-status=live }} in 1972. Eddie adopted Dean, who took the last name Phillips.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/27/55-things-to-know-dean-phillips-00123600|title=55 Things You Need to Know About Dean Phillips|first=Ian|last=Ward|work=Politico|date=October 27, 2023|accessdate=December 30, 2023}} He was raised Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2023/12/26/politics/what-you-need-to-know-about-dean-phillips-the-jewish-congressman-running-for-president>|title=Dean Phillips is Jewish}}

In the early 1970s, Phillips moved from Saint Paul to Edina. He attended The Blake School.{{Cite web|title=Dean Phillips|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/dean-phillips|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006134701/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/dean-phillips|url-status=live}} In the summer of 1989, Phillips interned for Senator Patrick Leahy on Capitol Hill, an experience that helped inspire his own public service 30 years later.{{cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Jackie |title=He went from intern softball to the Congressional Baseball Game |url=https://rollcall.com/2022/07/28/dean-phillips-intern-leahy/ |publisher=Roll Call |access-date=24 January 2025 |date=28 July 2022}} Phillips attended Brown University, where he served as consul (president) of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Beta Nu chapter. He graduated in 1991. Phillips worked for bicycle equipment startup InMotion for two years before joining his family's business Phillips Distilling Company, where he served in multiple positions in rectifying, production, sales, and marketing management. He completed his Master of Business Administration at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management in 2000, after which he was named president and CEO of the Company.

After selling Belvedere Vodka to luxury conglomerate LVMH for an undisclosed sum in the mid 2000s, Phillips pioneered the organic vodka category with Prairie Organic Vodka and flavored whiskey category with Phillips Union Whisky. In 2012, he stepped aside to run one of his other corporate investments, Talenti gelato, where he served as chairman until it was sold for an undisclosed amount to Unilever in 2014.{{cite web |last=Mandelbaum |first=Robb |title=He Sold Americans On Small Luxuries Like Gelato. Can He Sell His Minnesota Nice Politics? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robbmandelbaum/2017/06/23/he-sold-americans-on-small-luxuries-like-gelato-can-he-sell-his-minnesota-nice-politics/ |access-date=March 2, 2022 |website=Forbes |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302002257/https://www.forbes.com/sites/robbmandelbaum/2017/06/23/he-sold-americans-on-small-luxuries-like-gelato-can-he-sell-his-minnesota-nice-politics/ |url-status=live}} Phillips served on the board at Allina Health, one of Minnesota's largest nonprofit health care systems, from 2005 to 2011, and as chairman from 2009 to 2011.{{cite web |last1=Karnowski |first1=Steve |title=Republicans launch new attack ad on Phillips in House race |url=https://apnews.com/united-states-house-of-representatives-house-elections-general-news-b6dd62b122fd4e40836f1ec9d7985076 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=7 March 2025 |date=11 October 2018}} From 2013 to 2015, he co-chaired the We Day organization events that encourage student volunteerism.{{cite web |last1=Hopfensperger |first1=Jean |title=We (Day) can change the world |url=https://www.startribune.com/we-day-can-change-the-world/190133611 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=7 March 2025 |date=7 February 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Hopfensperger |first1=Jean |title=We Day Minnesota draws 18,000 student volunteers |url=https://www.startribune.com/we-day-minnesota-draws-18-000-student-volunteers/282416761 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=7 March 2025 |date=12 November 2014}}{{cite web |author1=Editorial Board |title=Welcome, We Day, and thanks to Minnesota students |url=https://www.startribune.com/article/339642951 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=7 March 2025 |date=2 November 2015}} Phillips also chaired the board of the Phillips Family Foundation, his family's charitable work foundation.{{cite web |last1=Kampeas |first1=Ron |title=What you need to know about Dean Phillips, the Jewish congressman running for president |url=https://www.jta.org/2023/12/26/politics/what-you-need-to-know-about-dean-phillips-the-jewish-congressman-running-for-president |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |access-date=7 March 2025 |date=26 December 2023}}

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party chairman Ken Martin recruited Phillips to run for Congress after trying for many years. Martin and others worked hard to get Phillips elected. He saw Phillips as a "rising star" in the party. In 2018, former Minnesota Supreme Court justice and professional football player Alan Page contributed $1,000 to Phillips's campaign against Republican U.S. Representative Erik Paulsen in Minnesota's Third Congressional District.{{cite web |last=Meitrodt |first=Jeffrey |title=Alan Page to receive nation's highest civilian honor |url=https://www.startribune.com/alan-page-to-receive-nation-s-highest-civilian-honor/500208512 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=9 January 2025 |date=11 November 2018}} Also in 2018, the gun safety organization Giffords, founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, endorsed Phillips in the race for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. In a statement, Giffords praised Phillips for his commitment to cut ties between Congress and special interests, particularly the gun lobby.{{cite web |title=Dean Phillips Gets Nod From Gabrielle Giffords For Stance Toward NRA |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/dean-phillips-gabrielle-giffords-gun-safety/ |publisher=CBS Minnesota |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=21 March 2018}} During that campaign, Phillips drove a 1960 International Harvester milk truck emblazoned with his name and the tagline "Government Repair Truck" to 32 cities and towns across the district.{{cite web |last1=Tevlin |first1=Jon |title=Dean Phillips taking his campaign for Congress to the people |url=https://www.startribune.com/dean-phillips-taking-his-campaign-for-congress-to-the-people/438749883 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=14 January 2025 |date=5 August 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Elena |title=Dean Phillips launches bid for president. ‘It could be the end of his political career.’ |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/27/dean-phillips-presidential-campaign-2024-00123919 |publisher=Politico |access-date=14 January 2025 |date=27 October 2023}} He also used a pontoon boat to campaign on Lake Minnetonka.{{cite web |last1=Stockman |first1=Farah |title=For Voters Sick of Money in Politics, a New Pitch: No PAC Money Accepted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/12/us/money-politics-dean-phillips.html |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=1 April 2025 |date=12 August 2018}}

{{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 3}}

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In 2018, Phillips ran for the United States House of Representatives in {{ushr|MN|3}} as a Democrat.{{cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/in-minnesota-s-most-expensive-house-race-rep-erik-paulsen-dean-phillips-compete-for-third-district-seat/499705851/ |title=Democrat Phillips defeats incumbent Paulsen in Minnesota's Third District |publisher=StarTribune.com |access-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106180409/http://www.startribune.com/in-minnesota-s-most-expensive-house-race-rep-erik-paulsen-dean-phillips-compete-for-third-district-seat/499705851/ |url-status=live }} In the Democratic primary, he defeated former sales associate Cole Young with 81.6% of the vote. Phillips won all three counties in the district.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/minnesota-house-district-3-primary-election |title=Minnesota Primary Election Results: Third House District |work=The New York Times |date=August 16, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920175535/https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/minnesota-house-district-3-primary-election |url-status=live}} In the general election, Phillips defeated incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen with 55.6% of the vote.{{cite web |title=MN Election Results |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/USRepresentative/115?officeinelectionid=16975&districtid=558 |website=Electionresults.sos.state.mn.us |publisher=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107104330/https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/USRepresentative/115?officeinelectionid=16975&districtid=558 |url-status=live}} When he took office in 2019, he became the first Democrat to hold this seat since 1961.{{cite web |last=Radelat |first=Ana |title=Phillips looks ahead after quixotic presidential campaign that ended his political career |url=https://www.minnpost.com/national/2024/04/phillips-looks-ahead-after-quixotic-presidential-campaign-that-ended-his-political-career/ |publisher=MinnPost |access-date=January 9, 2025 |date=April 16, 2025}}

{{see also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 3}}

Phillips ran for reelection in 2020. He defeated Cole Young in the Democratic primary with 90.7% of the vote{{cite web|title=Official Canvassing Report|url=https://officialdocuments.sos.state.mn.us/Files/GetDocument/124103|website=Minnesota Secretary of State|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509023537/https://officialdocuments.sos.state.mn.us/Files/GetDocument/124103|url-status=live}} and faced off against the Republican nominee, businessman Kendall Qualls.{{cite news|url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/07/29/a-black-republican-is-running-for-congress-in-the-metro-suburbs-what-does-he-think-of-trump/|title=A black Republican is running for Congress in the metro suburbs. What does he think of Trump?|last1=Orrick|first1=Dave|date=July 29, 2019|access-date=July 29, 2019|publisher=Twin Cities Pioneer Press|archive-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730174706/https://www.twincities.com/2019/07/29/a-black-republican-is-running-for-congress-in-the-metro-suburbs-what-does-he-think-of-trump/|url-status=live}} Phillips defeated Qualls with 55.6% of the vote.{{cite web |title=Results for All Congressional Districts |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=136&scenario=USRepresentative |website=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127203353/https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=136&scenario=USRepresentative|url-status=live }}

{{see also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 3}}

Phillips was unopposed in the Democratic primary. In the general election, he defeated the Republican nominee, retired U.S. Navy submarine officer Tom Weiler, with 60% of the vote.{{cite news |date=November 8, 2022 |title=Minnesota Third Congressional District Election Results |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-minnesota-us-house-district-3.html |access-date=July 31, 2023|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731150257/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-minnesota-us-house-district-3.html |url-status=live}}

According to FiveThirtyEight{{'}}s congressional vote tracker at ABC News, Phillips voted with President Joe Biden's stated public policy positions 100% of the time,{{cite web |first1=Anna |last1=Wiederkehr |first2=Aaron |last2=Bycoffe |date=April 22, 2021 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=FiveThirtyEight |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123154911/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/ |url-status=dead}} making him more liberal than average in the 117th Congress when predictive scoring (district partisanship and voting record) is used. Phillips voted in favor of Biden's major economic agenda items, including the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act.{{cite web |last1=Lebowitz |first1=Megan |title=Dean Phillips: On the Issues |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/dean-phillips-issues-rcna128651 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=12 December 2023}} During the start of his first term in 2019, the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University placed him 27th out of 435 members in terms of bipartisanship.{{cite web |url=https://www.thelugarcenter.org/assets/htmldocuments/2019%20BPI%20House%20Scores.pdf |title=The Lugar Center - McCourt School Bipartisan Index House Scores 116th Congress First Session (2019) |publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527185923/https://www.thelugarcenter.org/assets/htmldocuments/2019%20BPI%20House%20Scores.pdf |url-status=live }} In 2021, Phillips received the Bipartisan Policy Center's Bipartisan Legislative Action Award.{{cite web |title=Legislative Action Awards |url=https://bipartisanpolicy.org/project/legislative-action-awards/ |publisher=Bipartisan Policy Center |access-date=2 December 2024}}

Phillips authored five provisions in the For the People Act, an anti-corruption and voting rights reform bill that passed the House in March 2021. It also included a major overhaul of campaign finance and redistricting laws. Phillips's provisions for the package included the Voter NOTICE Act, which sought to fight disinformation, and the FIREWALL Act, which sought to strengthen safeguards of online advertising.{{cite web |last1=Hackett |first1=Ashley |title=What’s in Democrats’ big election-reform bill and why they might be willing to get rid of the filibuster in order to pass it |url=https://www.minnpost.com/national/2021/03/whats-in-democrats-big-election-reform-bill-and-why-they-might-be-willing-to-get-rid-of-the-filibuster-in-order-to-pass-it/ |publisher=MinnPost |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=30 March 2021}}

Phillips played for the Democrats' team in the 2021 Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park.{{cite web |author1=The Hill Staff |title=Photos of the Week: Congressional Baseball Game, ashen trees and a beach horse |url=https://thehill.com/media/574945-photos-of-the-week-congressional-baseball-game-ashen-trees-and-a-beach-horse/ |publisher=The Hill |access-date=24 January 2025 |date=1 October 2021}}{{cite web |title=2021 Congressional Baseball Game |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/2021-congressional-baseball-game/603278 |publisher=C-SPAN |access-date=24 January 2025 |date=29 September 2021}}

Phillips has expressed pride that he is the only member of Congress to have refused all money from lobbyists, special interest groups, and Political Action Committees, and not to have his own leadership Political Action Committee.{{cite web |last1=Freedman |first1=Ani |title=Meet Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips: A ‘Longshot’ Presidential Nominee |url=https://indepthnh.org/2023/12/08/meet-minnesota-congressman-dean-phillips-a-longshot-presidential-nominee/ |publisher=InDepthNH.org |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=8 December 2023}}

On June 21, 2023, Phillips sponsored the Allergen Disclosure In Non-Food Articles (ADINA) Act, which would require drug labels to identify ingredients that contain, or are derived from, major food allergens or gluten-containing grains on par with labeling standards for food products.{{cite web |author1=Editorial Board |title=Add allergen labels to medications |url=https://www.startribune.com/add-allergen-labels-to-medications/600343880 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=24 January 2025 |date=15 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=H.R.4263 - ADINA Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4263/cosponsors?s=1&r=2&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Adina+Act%22%7D |publisher=Congress |access-date=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Kashiwagi |first1=Sydney |title=What’s the Minnesota delegation working on in Washington? |url=https://www.startribune.com/whats-the-minnesota-delegation-working-on-in-washington/600366944 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=24 January 2025 |date=18 May 2024}}

On May 17, 2024, Phillips reintroduced the Voter Choice Act, which provides $40 million in federal matching grants, covering up to 50% of the cost for local and state governments that choose to adopt ranked-choice voting.{{cite web |last1=Mantell |first1=Will |title=Voter Choice Act Reintroduced in the U.S. House |url=https://fairvote.org/press/voter-choice-act-house-2024/ |publisher=Fair Vote |access-date=3 December 2024 |date=17 May 2024}}{{cite web |author1=U.S. Congress |title=H.R.8462 - Voter Choice Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8462/cosponsors?s=1&r=8&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22ranked+choice+voting%22%7D |access-date=3 December 2024}}

On December 16, 2024, Phillips delivered his farewell address on the House floor.{{cite web |title=Rep. Dean Phillips Delivers Farewell Address |url=https://www.c-span.org/clip/us-house-of-representatives/rep-dean-phillips-delivers-farewell-address/5146216 |publisher=C-SPAN |access-date=17 December 2024 |date=16 December 2024}} In it, he criticized America's two major political parties for "legalized corruption" that prioritizes their own "self-protection over principles"{{cite web |author1=FOX 9 Staff |title=Rep. Dean Phillips farewell speech blasts 'legalized corruption' of Democrats, Republicans |url=https://www.fox9.com/news/dean-phillips-farewell-democrats-republicans-corruption |publisher=Fox 9 |access-date=17 December 2024 |date=17 December 2024}} and urged his colleagues to find commonsense solutions and focus on ideas over ideology in solving problems.{{cite web |author1=Pioneer Press |title=In final address to Congress Dean Phillips notes sacrifices Americans have made, urges ideas over ideologies |url=https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/16/in-final-address-to-congress-dean-phillips-notes-sacrifices-americans-have-made-urges-ideas-over-ideologies/ |publisher=St. Paul Pioneer Press |access-date=17 December 2024 |date=16 December 2024}}{{cite web |title='It's Legalized Corruption': Dean Phillips Rails Against Both Parties' 'Monopoly On Democracy' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqbg-IX_KEc |publisher=Forbes Breaking News |access-date=3 January 2025 |date=16 December 2024}}

On December 16, 2021, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund endorsed Phillips for reelection.{{cite web |title=Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorses 198 House Incumbents and Reproductive Rights Champions for Reelection in 2022 |url=https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/pressroom/planned-parenthood-action-fund-endorses-198-house-incumbents-and-reproductive-rights-champions-for-reelection-in-2022-2 |publisher=Planned Parenthood Action Fund |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=16 December 2021}} After Roe v. Wade (1973) was overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), Phillips co-sponsored bills to protect women's reproductive rights that aimed to ensure access to abortion and reproductive health care across states, including H.R. 8297: Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022,{{cite web |title=H.R.8297 - Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8297/cosponsors |publisher=US Congress}} as well as HR 8111: My Body, My Data Act of 2022.{{cite web |title=H.R.8111 - My Body, My Data Act of 2022 Cosponsors |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8111/cosponsors |publisher=US Congress}}

On May 10, 2022, Phillips received an A+ on End Citizens United's anti-corruption and voting rights scorecard for "rejecting corporate PAC money and supporting once-in-a-generation anti-corruption and voting rights legislation".{{cite web |title=Rep. Dean Phillips Receives an A+ on Anti-Corruption and Voting Rights Scorecard |url=https://endcitizensunited.org/latest-news/press-releases/rep-dean-phillips-receives-an-a-on-anti-corruption-and-voting-rights-scorecard/ |publisher=End Citizens United |access-date=1 January 2025 |date=10 May 2022}}

Phillips championed cannabis reform bills like the MORE Act and the SAFE Banking Act.{{cite web |last1=Meehan |first1=Maureen |title='People In Their 80s' Don't Get Cannabis Policy, Says Biden Presidential Challenger Dean Phillips |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/people-in-their-80s-dont-get-cannabis-policy-says-biden-presidential-challenger-dean |publisher=Benzinga |date=26 December 2023}}

Phillips co-sponsored H.R. 2307, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, which would put a price on carbon and return the proceeds to taxpayers,{{cite web |title=H.R.2307 - Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2021 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2307/cosponsors |publisher=US Congress}} and H.R. 8395, the EPA Regulatory Authority Act of 2022, which would restore the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.{{cite web |title=H.R.8395 - EPA Regulatory Authority Act of 2022 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8395/cosponsors |publisher=US Congress}} On July 11, 2022, the Sierra Club endorsed Phillips for reelection to Congress for his environmental advocacy.{{cite web |title=Sierra Club Endorses Dean Phillips for 2022 Re-Election |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/minnesota/blog/2022/07/sierra-club-endorses-dean-phillips-for-2022-re-election |publisher=Sierra Club North Star Chapter |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=11 July 2022}}

Phillips co-sponsored the TRUST in Congress Act, which would require lawmakers, their spouses, and dependent children to place their assets in a blind trust from their first day in office until 180 days after they leave office.{{cite web |last1=Marcos |first1=Cristina |title=Pelosi faces pushback over stock trade defense |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/586499-pelosi-faces-pushback-over-stock-trade-defense/ |publisher=The Hill |access-date=7 March 2025 |date=21 December 2021}}{{Cite tweet |number=1491595900925403142 |user=RepDeanPhillips |title=I’m a co-sponsor of the TRUST in Congress Act to ban stock trading and already have my tradable securities in a blind trust. |first=Dean |last=Phillips |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=April 1, 2025}}

On December 20, 2023, Phillips co-sponsored the Medicare for All Act.{{cite news |last=Irwin |first=Lauren |date=December 20, 2023 |title=Phillips endorsing 'Medicare for All' legislation |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4369327-phillips-endorsing-medicare-for-all-legislation/ |access-date=December 21, 2023}} This marked a departure from his earlier position on healthcare; he said that he had previously been "convinced through propaganda that single-payer healthcare was a nonsensical leftist notion".{{cite news|last1=Epstein|first1=Reid J.|last2=Stolberg|first2=Sheryl Gay|author-link2=Sheryl Gay Stolberg|date=December 20, 2023|title=Dean Phillips, an upstart challenger to Biden, embraces 'Medicare for All'|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/us/politics/dean-phillips-medicare-for-all-biden.html|access-date=December 21, 2023}} He cited a confluence of factors that shifted his view in favor of Medicare for All, including his experience caring for his daughter who had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, the financial strain of providing health insurance to his employees as a business owner, and the dynamics of representing a congressional district that includes the headquarters of UnitedHealth Group as well as many people who struggle to access healthcare.{{cite news|last=Otterbein|first=Holly|date=December 20, 2023|title='Medicare for All' bill becomes part of Dean Phillips's presidential pitch|work=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/20/democratic-challenger-dean-phillips-signs-onto-medicare-for-all-bill-00132612|access-date=December 21, 2023}}

Phillips co-sponsored the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, giving Liberians a pathway to citizenship, which Trump signed into law.{{cite web |last1=Ansari |first1=Hibah |title=Immigration advocates push to eliminate impending deadline for the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness program, a unique path to citizenship. |url=https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/lrif-citizenship-deadline-2021/ |publisher=Sahan Journal |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=2 December 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Gitaa |first1=Tom |title=Liberians in Minnesota celebrate pathway to US citizenship |url=https://mshale.com/2020/01/08/liberians-in-minnesota-celebrate-pathway-to-us-citizenship/ |publisher=Mshale |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=8 January 2020}}

On March 5, 2022, Phillips was among the lawmakers who met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about providing additional help to Ukraine in fending off Russia's invasion.{{cite web |last1=Talbot |first1=Haley |last2=Tsirkin |first2=Julie |last3=Acevedo |first3=Nicole |title=Two GOP senators share photos of Zelenskyy during call after lawmakers asked not to by Ukraine |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rubio-daines-share-photos-zelenskyy-call-asked-not-ukraine-rcna18841 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=16 December 2024 |date=5 March 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Frankel |first1=Todd |last2=DeBonis |first2=Mike |title=Zelensky pleads with U.S. lawmakers for help with air war against Russia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/05/zelensky-call-senators/ |publisher=Washington Post |access-date=16 December 2024 |date=5 March 2022}} Phillips was among the U.S. delegation that attended the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.{{cite web |author1=U.S. Mission Switzerland |title=Press Release: U.S. Delegation to Attend the 2022 World Economic Forum |url=https://ch.usembassy.gov/press-release-u-s-delegation-to-attend-the-2022-world-economic-forum/ |publisher=U.S. Embassy in Switzerland and Liechtenstein |access-date=16 December 2024 |date=20 May 2022}} Phillips supported a two-state solution in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and has criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opposition to Palestinian statehood.{{cite news|last=Lillis|first=Mike|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4417831-jewish-democrats-israel-palestinian-state/|title=Jewish Democrats denounce Netanyahu's opposition to Palestinian state|work=The Hill| access-date=31 March 2025| date=January 19, 2024}}

Phillips sponsored the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, which President Donald Trump signed into law.{{cite web |last1=Spencer |first1=Jim |title=Trump signs Dean Phillips-sponsored update of forgivable loans for small businesses |url=https://www.startribune.com/trump-signs-dean-phillips-sponsored-update-of-forgivable-loans-for-small-businesses/571049252 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=19 November 2024 |date=5 June 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Foran |first1=Clare |last2=Fox |first2=Lauren |last3=Barrett |first3=Ted |title=Senate approves House-passed Paycheck Protection Program reform bill |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/paycheck-protection-program-senate/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=19 November 2024 |date=3 June 2020}} On September 27, 2024, he introduced the American Dream Accounts Act of 2024, which would establish in the Social Security Administration a $5,000 account for every American child to be invested in an index fund and vest upon graduation from high school, GED, or waiver for disability.{{cite web |last1=Chakrabarti |first1=Niloy |title=American Dream Accounts Act: New Bill Proposes $25K For Every US High School Graduate Via Social Security Investment |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/american-dream-accounts-act-new-bill-proposes-25k-every-us-high-school-graduate-via-social-1727523 |publisher=International Business Times UK |access-date=12 December 2024 |date=10 October 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Waddell |first1=Melanie |title=New Bill Creates $5,000 Investing Accounts for Every Child |url=https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2024/09/30/new-bill-creates-5000-investing-accounts-for-every-child/ |access-date=12 December 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}

On March 5, 2020, Phillips received an endorsement from Brady: United Against Gun Violence for working across party lines to pass gun violence prevention bills.{{cite web |title=Brady Endorses Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) for Re-Election |url=https://elections.bradyunited.org/press/brady-endorses-rep-dean-phillips-mn-3-for-re-election |publisher=Brady: United Against Gun Violence |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=5 March 2020}} He voted to mandate background checks on every firearm sale, including sales online and at gun shows, and has said that red-flag laws "work".{{cite news |title=Where Dean Phillips stands on crime and guns |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/presidential-candidates-2024-policies-issues/dean-phillips-guns-crime/ |access-date=5 December 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=8 November 2023}} Phillips sponsored the Pathways to Policing Act to provide $50 million to the Department of Justice and local communities to enhance officer recruitment efforts.{{cite web |last1=Montemayor |first1=Stephen |title=U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, law enforcement leaders unveil bill to boost police recruiting |url=https://www.startribune.com/u-s-rep-dean-phillips-law-enforcement-leaders-unveil-bill-to-boost-police-recruiting/600178060 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=31 May 2022}}{{cite web|last1=Hauser|first1=Tom|title=Phillips, law enforcement pitch Pathways to Policing |date=May 31, 2022 |url=https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/phillips-law-enforcement-pitch-pathways-to-policing/ |publisher=ABC News|access-date=December 2, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Yoes |first1=Patrick |title=H.R. 9576, the “Pathways to Policing Act.” National Fraternal Order of Police |url=https://fop.net/letter/h-r-9576-the-pathways-to-policing-act/#:~:text=This%20bill%20would%20provide%20%2450,operate%20their%20own%2C%20similar%20campaigns. |publisher=National Fraternal Order of Police |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=26 September 2024}} Another $50 million would go to the Department of Justice to create Minnesota-style Pathways to Policing programs in states across the nation.{{cite web |last1=Ibrahim |first1=Mohamed |title=State funds available to recruit diverse police officers, but not all departments are asking for the money |url=https://www.minnpost.com/public-safety/2023/02/state-funds-available-to-recruit-diverse-police-officers-but-not-all-departments-are-asking-for-the-money/ |publisher=MinnPost |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=23 February 2023}}

On July 10, 2023, Phillips co-led the bicameral IDEA Full Funding Act in the House of Representatives. This legislation aimed to ensure Congress fully funds the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).{{cite web |last1=Huffman |first1=Jared |title=HUFFMAN, VAN HOLLEN REINTRODUCE BICAMERAL BILL TO FULLY FUND SPECIAL EDUCATION |url=https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-van-hollen-reintroduce-bicameral-bill-to-fully-fund-special-education |website=U.S. Congressman for California's 2nd congressional district |access-date=December 2, 2024 |date=10 July 2023}}{{cite web |title=Cosponsors: H.R.4519 — 118th Congress (2023-2024) |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4519/cosponsors |publisher=U.S. Congress |access-date=2 December 2024}}

Phillips has advocated for an 18-year term limit in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Supreme Court.{{cite web |last1=Treisman |first1=Rachel |title=As Congress gets older, one lawmaker makes the case for more 'generational diversity' |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1199434381/congress-old-politicians-age-term-limits |publisher=NPR |access-date=8 March 2025 |date=14 September 2023}}{{Cite tweet |number=1760837258943369590 |user=deanbphillips |title=We have 8 year term limits for presidents, so why not term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court? Eighteen years is more than enough time to learn, make a difference, then make space for others to serve. |first=Dean |last=Phillips |date=February 22, 2024 |access-date=April 1, 2025}}

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Dean Phillips |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/P000616 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918012216/https://clerk.house.gov/members/P000616 |archive-date=September 18, 2023 |access-date=August 7, 2023 |website=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives}}

• Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia (Ranking Member)
• Committee on Small Business
• Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
• Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development

• Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus{{Cite web |date=August 15, 2022 |title=Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus |url=https://sherman.house.gov/equalitycaucus |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250108213435/https://sherman.house.gov/equalitycaucus |archive-date=January 8, 2025 |access-date=January 16, 2025 |website=Congressman Brad Sherman}}
• New Democrat Coalition{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|publisher=New Democrat Coalition|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208100356/https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}
• Problem Solvers Caucus{{Cite web|url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesotans-in-congress-get-troubling-look-at-border-conditions/513518122/|title=Minnesotans in Congress get troubling look at U.S.-Mexico border|website=Star Tribune|date=August 2, 2019 |access-date=April 18, 2021|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418212537/https://www.startribune.com/minnesotans-in-congress-get-troubling-look-at-border-conditions/513518122/|url-status=live}}
• Rare Disease Caucus{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=18 December 2024}}

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In July 2022, Phillips became the first Democratic member of Congress to say President Biden should not run for reelection and called for "generational change", pointing to Biden's age.{{cite web |last1=Garrison |first1=Joey |title=Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips says he doesn't want Biden to run for reelection in 2024 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/29/democratic-rep-dean-phillips-says-biden-should-not-run-2024/10186625002/ |publisher=USA Today |access-date=January 7, 2025 |date=July 29, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Zhao |first1=Christina |title=Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips says he doesn't want Biden to run in 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/democratic-rep-dean-phillips-says-doesnt-want-biden-run-2024-rcna40653 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=January 7, 2025 |date=July 29, 2022}} In July 2023, Phillips said he was considering challenging Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/us/politics/dean-phillips-biden-2024.html|title=Rep. Dean Phillips Says He Is Considering a Run Against Biden|date=July 29, 2023|access-date=October 6, 2023|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Reid J.|last=Epstein|archive-date=August 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825191116/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/us/politics/dean-phillips-biden-2024.html|url-status=live}} Before launching his campaign, Phillips reportedly reached out to other elected Democratic officials, such as Governors Gretchen Whitmer and JB Pritzker, to urge them to enter the presidential primary, but they declined to speak with him directly.{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Madison |title=A congressman tried to get the governors of Michigan and Illinois to run against Biden in the Democratic primary, but they wouldn't directly take his calls |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-governors-of-illinois-and-michigan-ignored-dean-phillips-calls-2023-10 |publisher=Business Insider |access-date=December 7, 2024 |date=October 31, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Alberta |first1=Tim |title=Dean Phillips Has a Warning for Democrats |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/10/dean-phillips-joe-biden-2024-primary/675784/ |access-date=December 7, 2024 |date=October 27, 2023 |publisher=The Atlantic}} Phillips said that he found both the city of Washington D.C. and the reluctance of his fellow Democrats to call on Biden not to run again to be distastefully insular and partisan.{{cite web |last1=Jacobs |first1=Ben |title=New Hampshire’s messy Democratic primary, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/1/17/24039515/primary-democrat-joe-biden-dean-phillips-new-hampshire |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=22 January 2025 |date=17 January 2024}} In October 2023, he announced that he would step down as co-chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee because his views on the 2024 U.S. presidential election were incongruent with the majority of his caucus.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/us/politics/dean-phillips-biden-2024.html|title=House Democrat Leaves Leadership Position After Teasing Run Against Biden|date=October 2, 2023|access-date=October 6, 2023|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Anjali|last=Huynh|archive-date=October 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006004256/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/us/politics/dean-phillips-biden-2024.html|url-status=live}}

On October 27, 2023, in Concord, New Hampshire, Phillips announced his candidacy for president{{cite news|title=Biden camp plays it cool. But Dean Phillips' bid is on their radar|first1=Elena|last1=Schneider|first2=Lisa|last2=Kashinsky|work=Politico|date=October 27, 2023|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/27/dean-phillips-launches-campaign-00124053|access-date=October 28, 2023|archive-date=October 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028204604/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/27/dean-phillips-launches-campaign-00124053|url-status=live}} after filing the paperwork with the Federal Election Commission the previous day.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/26/rep-dean-phillips-files-paperwork-for-presidential-bid-against-biden-00123923|title=Rep. Dean Phillips files paperwork for presidential bid against Biden|work=Politico|last1=Otterbein|first1=Holly|last2=Schneider|first2=Elena|date=October 26, 2023|accessdate=October 26, 2023|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027040351/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/26/rep-dean-phillips-files-paperwork-for-presidential-bid-against-biden-00123923|url-status=live}} During his campaign, Phillips argued that Biden would be a weak general-election candidate due to his age and low approval ratings.{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Arit |last2=McKend |first2=Eva |last3=Pellish |first3=Aaron |title=House Democrat Dean Phillips launches primary challenge against President Biden |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/26/politics/dean-phillips-presidential-campaign-launch/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=29 September 2024 |date=27 October 2023}} He campaigned as a younger alternative who would be a stronger opponent to Donald Trump.{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Scott |last2=Vitali |first2=Ali |last3=Traylor |first3=Jake |title='A head scratcher': Dems baffled by Dean Phillips' quixotic bid against Biden |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/-head-scratcher-dems-baffled-dean-phillips-quixotic-bid-biden-rcna122506 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=1 January 2025 |date=27 October 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Skelley |first1=Geoffrey |title=The curious case of Dean Phillips's last-minute primary challenge |url=https://abcnews.go.com/538/curious-case-dean-phillipss-minute-primary-challenge/story?id=104482909 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=1 January 2025 |date=31 October 2023}} Phillips's campaign slogan was "Make America Affordable Again", a play on Trump's political movement and "Make America Great Again", as well as high voter dissatisfaction with the economy, especially inflation and prices.{{cite web |last1=Korte |first1=Gregory |title=Dean Phillips Makes Long-Shot White House Bid Against Biden |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-27/dean-phillips-makes-long-shot-white-house-bid-challenging-biden?embedded-checkout=true |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=1 January 2025 |date=27 October 2023}} Phillips's campaign advisor Steve Schmidt said that Phillips saw not being well-known "as an asset: he doesn't have decades of political stink on him to overcome, and he can build up a lot of name recognition quickly because you can get famous very fast in American politics". Schmidt added, "The idea that voters having a choice in the primary will ultimately threaten democracy by throwing the election to Trump demonstrates how far off the rails we've gotten."{{cite web |last1=Leingang |first1=Rachel |title=Who is Democratic congressman Dean Phillips – and why is he taking on Biden? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/04/who-is-dean-phillips-views-running-president-2024-biden |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=16 February 2025 |date=4 November 2023}}

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In November 2023, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College and the Dartmouth Political Union co-hosted a discussion with Phillips as part of their "Path to the Presidency" speaker series to discuss his campaign and policy positions.{{cite web |last1=Swaminathan |first1=Varun |title=Dean Phillips Visits The Rockefeller Center as part of the "Path to the Presidency" Series |url=https://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/news/2023/11/dean-phillips-visits-rockefeller-center-part-path-presidency-series |publisher=Dartmouth College |access-date=31 December 2024 |date=20 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Vidushi |title=Q&A with Rep. Dean Phillips |url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2023/11/sharma-q-a-with-rep-dean-phillips |publisher=The Dartmouth |access-date=31 December 2024 |date=14 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=Path to The Presidency: Dean Phillips |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGsgJkR64Y |publisher=Dartmouth |access-date=31 December 2024 |date=13 November 2024}} In New Hampshire, Phillips hit the campaign trail with a “Dean Phillips for President” bus, and his 1960 International Harvester milk truck, dubbed the "government repair truck", made an appearance repainted with "Dean Phillips for President". On November 3, 2023, Phillips appeared on an episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher". Host Bill Maher lauded Phillips but stopped short of a full endorsement.{{cite web |last1=Bushard |first1=Brian |title=Andrew Yang And Billionaire Ackman Throw Weight Behind Longshot Democrat Dean Phillips: Here’s Who Else Supports Him |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/01/19/andrew-yang-and-billionaire-ackman-throw-weight-behind-longshot-democrat-dean-phillips-heres-who-else-supports-him/ |publisher=Forbes |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=19 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Congressman Dean Phillips Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ3cdZhRZQ4 |publisher=Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=3 November 2023}} On November 17, Phillips joined the All-In podcast for an interview.{{cite web |title=In conversation with Dean Phillips |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hh8lcoJ1NA |publisher=All-In Podcast |access-date=16 March 2025 |date=17 November 2023}} On November 18, he discussed the case for his campaign at the Blue Jamboree rally hosted by the Charleston County Democratic Party in South Carolina.{{cite web |title=2023 Blue Jamboree |url=https://www.charlestondemocrats.com/calendar/2023/11/18/2023-blue-jamboree |publisher=Charleston County Democratic Party |access-date=7 March 2025 |date=18 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Kayanja |first1=Ian |title=Clyburn and presidential hopeful Dean Phillips headline annual Blue Jamboree rally in Charleston |url=https://abcnews4.com/news/local/congressmember-clyburn-and-presidential-hopeful-dean-phillips-headline-annual-blue-jamboree-rally-in-charleston-politics-wciv-election-news-south-carolina |publisher=ABC 4 News |access-date=7 March 2025 |date=16 November 2023}} On November 30, Phillips visited the Pod Save America studio to discuss his campaign.{{cite web |title=Exclusive: The Democrat Running Against Joe Biden on Why He Thinks He Can Beat Donald Trump |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P8Ii0ulUyk |publisher=Pod Save America |access-date=16 March 2025 |date=30 November 2023}} On December 8, he met with voters at a veterans' home in Tilton, New Hampshire, and at a town hall in Exeter, New Hampshire.{{cite web |last1=Keith |first1=Tamara |title=The New Hampshire primary is a little unusual for Democrats this year |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1219065166/biden-phillips-new-hampshire-primary |publisher=NPR |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=14 December 2023}}{{cite web |title=Dean Phillips Campaigns in Tilton and Exeter, New Hampshire |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/dean-phillips-campaigns-in-tilton-and-exeter-new-hampshire/636002 |publisher=C-SPAN |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=8 December 2023}}

On December 14, during an appearance on "Meet the Press NOW", Phillips criticized Biden's candidacy, saying, "The president is not a threat to democracy, but running and suppressing other candidates is a threat when you are behind in the polls like he is." He added, "He's a good man and someone I respect, but this delusion that he can win is a threat to democracy."{{cite web |last1=Bowman |first1=Bridget |last2=Marquez |first2=Alexandra |title=Eyes on 2024: Dean Phillips softens “threat to democracy” criticism of Biden |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/eyes-2024-dean-phillips-softens-threat-democracy-criticism-biden-rcna129908 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=23 March 2025 |date=15 December 2023}} On December 23, Phillips said that Biden should "thoughtfully exit" the race.{{cite web |last1=Irwin |first1=Lauren |title=Phillips says not ‘one shred of evidence’ Biden can overtake Trump in 2024 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4375119-phillips-biden-cant-overtake-trump-in-2024/ |publisher=The Hill |access-date=2 January 2025 |date=23 December 2023}} On January 20, 2024, he told Axios that he thought it was "impossible" for Biden to do the job for four more years, and that "At that stage of life, it is impossible ultimately to conduct, to prosecute the office of the American presidency in the way that this country in the world needs right now. That is an absolute truth."{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Alex |date=20 January 2024 |title=Dean Phillips' lonely campaign cuts deeper at Biden's age |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/01/20/dean-phillips-new-hampshire-biden-age |access-date=29 September 2024 |website=Axios |publisher=}}

Phillips said he would try to gain access to the primary ballots in several states where the Democratic Party had excluded him.{{cite news|title=Dean Phillips, Biden's 'friendly' challenger, no longer pulling punches|work=Courthouse News|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/dean-phillips-bidens-friendly-challenger-no-longer-pulling-punches/|date = December 11, 2023}}{{cite news|title=Biden primary foe Phillips will challenge states where he missed ballot|work=Semafor|url=https://www.semafor.com/article/12/07/2023/biden-primary-foe-phillips-will-challenge-states-that-left-him-off-ballot|date =December 7, 2023}} The Democratic Party of Wisconsin left Phillips off the ballot; he appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on January 26, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/dean-phillips-wisconsin-joe-biden-c99cb9d1439bcb4f59bdee880965e7ef|title=Democratic Biden challenger Dean Phillips asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to put him on ballot|last=Bauer|first=Scott|date=January 29, 2024|accessdate=August 13, 2024|work=Associated Press}} On February 2, the court unanimously ruled that Phillips should be included on the ballot.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4445540-wisconsin-supreme-court-include-phillips-primary-ballot/|title=Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Dean Phillips must be allowed on state's primary ballot|work=The Hill|last1=Irwin|first1=Lauren|date=February 2, 2024|accessdate=August 13, 2024}} Phillips said his campaign depended on alternative media platforms to get his message across because MSNBC and CNN would not interview him, despite giving every Republican primary challenger to Trump a town hall. He also accused the Democratic National Committee of obstructing Democrats and Independents from ballot access—"bleeding campaigns dry" by suing non-incumbent candidates and imposing "absurd signature requirements".{{cite web |last1=Timotija |first1=Filip (February 10, 2024) |title=Phillips accuses DNC of 'bleeding campaigns dry' with lawsuits |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4460737-phillips-accuses-dnc-of-bleeding-campaigns-dry-with-lawsuits/#:~:text=Morse%2FGetty%20Images)-,Rep.,lawsuits%20against%20non%2Dincumbent%20candidates. |work=The Hill |access-date=August 13, 2024}}

Phillips called the DNC's ruling that New Hampshire's presidential primary was "meaningless" and that no New Hampshire delegates would be counted at the convention "one of the most egregious affronts to democracy that I've ever seen in my entire lifetime".{{cite web |last1=Kashinsky |first1=Lisa |title=New Hampshire attorney general’s office warns DNC over ‘voter suppression’ after party lambasted primary |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/08/new-hampshire-attorney-general-dnc-voter-suppression-primary-00134378 |publisher=Politico |access-date=11 February 2025 |date=8 January 2024}} In a statement to Politico, he called Florida Democrats' handling of the primary process a "blatant act of electoral corruption" and demanded that Biden "condemn and immediately address" it. Phillips added, "The intentional disenfranchisement of voters runs counter to everything for which our Democratic Party and country stand. Our mission as Democrats is to defeat authoritarians, not become them."{{cite web |last1=Otterbein |first1=Holly |last2=Fineout |first2=Gary |title=Florida Democrats plan to cancel presidential primary, enraging Dean Phillips’ campaign |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/30/florida-democrats-dean-phillips-election-00129403 |publisher=Politico |access-date=11 February 2025 |date=30 November 2023}}

Phillips insisted throughout his campaign that the Democratic Party was "delusional" to believe Biden could beat Trump in a rematch. An argument and central critique of Phillips's campaign was that if Democrats created room for a competitive primary against the unpopular sitting president, voters would have a chance to hear other points of view.{{cite web |author1=Steff Danielle Thomas |title=Dean Phillips says 'it's delusional' to think Biden can beat Trump |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4326910-phillips-biden-trump-delusional-2024-campaign/ |publisher=The Hill |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=25 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Trudo |first1=Hanna |title=Phillips calls Democratic Party 'delusional' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4424214-phillips-calls-democrats-delusional/ |publisher=The Hill |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=23 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Democratic presidential candidate: 'My party is completely delusional right now' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fsKvW8fcDw |publisher=CNN |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=23 January 2024}} He argued that the Democratic establishment was choking off his challenge because it couldn't accept that "Biden is going to get creamed".{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Freddy |title=Could Dean Phillips be President? |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/could-dean-phillips-be-president/#comments-container |publisher=The Spectator |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=27 January 2024}} In public, Phillips was ridiculed. In private, others in the Democratic Party shared his concerns.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=David |title=An American tragedy: how Biden paved the way for Trump’s White House return |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jan/18/biden-presidency-legacy-trump-election |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=19 January 2025 |date=18 January 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Legaspi |first1=Althea |title=Dems Privately Discussed Biden Being Unfit to Run, Paving Way for Trump: Report |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/democrats-biden-unfit-paving-way-trump-report-1235240669/ |publisher=The Rolling Stone |access-date=19 January 2025 |date=18 January 2025}} Phillips said that in his first 100 days as president, he intended to build "the most extraordinary bipartisan cabinet in American history". His other first-100-day priorities included "zero-based budgeting" and hiring an international consulting firm to conduct a "top-down assessment" of the federal government.{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Elena |title=Dean Phillips floats a Cabinet post for Musk or Ackman |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/15/dean-phillips-floats-a-cabinet-post-for-musk-or-ackman-00135640 |publisher=Politico |access-date=30 December 2024 |date=15 January 2024}} Phillips told CNN that when he entered the presidential race, "This was not about me ... But my inability to attract other candidates, to inspire the president to recognize that it is time, compels me to serve my country because it appears that President Joe Biden is going to lose the next election."

Phillips received his first endorsement from New Hampshire State Representative Steve Shurtleff, who said his main reason for doing so was that Biden allowed the Democratic National Committee to attempt to strip New Hampshire of its first-in-the-nation status.{{Cite web |url=https://nhjournal.com/former-biden-nh-co-chair-backs-phillips-in-fitn-primary/ |title=Former Biden NH Co-Chair Backs Phillips in FITN Primary |last=Graham |first=Steven |date=October 31, 2023 |access-date= November 1, 2023 |language=en-US |website=NH Journal}} Shurtleff said in January 2023 that he would endorse a candidate other than Biden if one ran.{{cite news |title=Ahead of DNC meeting, tensions mount over New Hampshire's political future |date=January 31, 2023 |first=Ethan |last=DeWitt |work=New Hampshire Bulletin|url=https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2023/01/31/ahead-of-dnc-meeting-tensions-mount-over-new-hampshires-political-future/}} New Hampshire State Representative Tom Schamberg also endorsed Phillips. Forward Party founder Andrew Yang consistently expressed support for Phillips's campaign since soon after its launch, and co-hosted campaign events with him in Manchester and Hanover, New Hampshire, on January 18, 2024.{{cite web |last1=Vigdor |first1=Neil |last2=McFadden |first2=Alyce |title=With Andrew Yang in Tow, Dean Phillips Finally Draws a Crowd |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/us/politics/andrew-yang-dean-phillips.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 22, 2024 |date=January 19, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://nhjournal.com/event/dean-phillips-with-andrew-yang-ai-forum-at-unh-manchester// |title=Dean Phillips with Andrew Yang 'AI Forum' at UNH Manchester |date=January 16, 2024 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |language=en-US |website=NH Journal}} In January 2024, billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said he supported Phillips's campaign, donating $1 million to his We Deserve Better campaign PAC.{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4408026-billionaire-megadonor-bill-ackman-to-donate-1m-to-biden-challenger-dean-phillips/ |title=Billionaire mega-donor Bill Ackman to donate $1M to Biden challenger Dean Phillips |author=Lauren Sforza |date=January 14, 2024 |access-date=January 15, 2024 |website=The Hill}}

On January 8, 2024, Phillips participated in a debate with Marianne Williamson hosted by New England College in Manchester, New Hampshire.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/09/joe-biden-donald-trump-first-dem-debate/72118446007/|title=Democratic debate stage without Biden sparks 'Trump vibes' for some voters|work=USA Today|date=January 9, 2024|access-date= September 22, 2024|last1=Waddick|first1=Karissa|archive-date=January 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110001118/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/09/joe-biden-donald-trump-first-dem-debate/72118446007/|url-status=live}} On January 12, NewsNation hosted a forum featuring Phillips and other Democratic presidential candidates. Biden was invited but did not attend. Dan Abrams moderated the discussion.{{Cite web|title=Democratic candidates offer visions for US as Biden alternative|work=NewsNation|date=January 12, 2024|access-date=September 22, 2024|url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/democratic-presidential-candidates-forum/|last=Wornell|first=Tyler|archive-date=January 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113020239/https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/democratic-presidential-candidates-forum/|url-status=live}} The same day, Phillips appeared on The Breakfast Club radio show.{{cite web |title=Dean Phillips On Our Government's Lack Of Courage, Biden's Failures, Repairing America + More |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5cKM0Q1o2c |publisher=Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM |access-date=16 March 2025 |date=12 January 2024}} On January 20, he appeared on the Modern Wisdom podcast with Chris Williamson to discuss his campaign.{{cite web |last1=Williamson |first1=Chris |title=The Grim Future Of American Politics - Dean Phillips |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBcRDWY911w |publisher=Modern Wisdom |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=20 January 2024}} On January 22, Phillips met with voters at a meeting of a Rotary Club in Nashua, New Hampshire.{{cite web |title=Dean Phillips Meets With Voters in Nashua, New Hampshire |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/dean-phillips-meets-with-voters-in-nashua-new-hampshire/637526 |publisher=CSPAN |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=22 January 2024}} On January 23, he scolded reporters during a press gaggle in New Hampshire for not focusing on the issues Americans cared about, namely the economy, inflation, health care, Social Security, homelessness in their cities, and education, not the reporters' "clickbait" questions.{{cite web |last1=Parks |first1=Kristine |title=Dean Phillips fires back at reporters: 'You're not asking questions Americans give a s--t about' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/dean-phillips-fires-back-reporters-not-asking-questions-americans-give-s-t-about |publisher=Fox News |access-date=31 December 2024 |date=23 January 2024}} On January 27, Biden and Phillips spoke about their bids for the Democratic nomination at the South Carolina Democratic Party's First-in-the-Nation Celebration dinner in Columbia, South Carolina.{{cite news |last1=Olorunnipa |first1=Toluse |title=Biden, Phillips appeal to S.C. voters, but crowd has clear favorite |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/01/27/joe-biden-dean-phillips-south-carolina-primary/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=September 21, 2024 |date=January 27, 2024}}

Other notable people who endorsed Phillips are angel investor and podcaster Jason Calacanis,{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/15/dean-phillips-floats-a-cabinet-post-for-musk-or-ackman-00135640 | title=Dean Phillips floats a Cabinet post for Musk or Ackman | website=Politico | date=January 15, 2024 | access-date=January 16, 2024 | archive-date=January 16, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116141456/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/15/dean-phillips-floats-a-cabinet-post-for-musk-or-ackman-00135640 | url-status=live}} Curai Health CEO Neal Khosla (son of Vinod Khosla),{{cite web |last1=Radelat |first1=Ana |title=Besides Biden, Phillips’ greatest challenge is raising campaign money |url=https://www.minnpost.com/national/2024/02/besides-biden-phillips-greatest-challenge-is-raising-campaign-money/ |publisher=MinnPost |access-date=21 February 2025 |date=19 February 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Turton |first1=William |title=Disrupt! The Silicon Valley Elites Lining Up Behind Dean Phillips |url=https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-dean-phillips-new-hampshire/ |publisher=Wired |access-date=21 February 2025 |date=24 January 2024}} entrepreneur and philanthropist Jed McCaleb,{{cite web |last1=Ecarma |first1=Caleb |title=Silicon Valley Donors Are Using AI to Help Dean Phillips Beat Joe Biden |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/silicon-valley-donors-ai-help-dean-phillips-beat-joe-biden?srsltid=AfmBOoqV5rVQxj71l3YYiltm8JJ29c0FSbdVv_6x1I_LMRSyz6PZsZLD |publisher=Vanity Fair |access-date=21 February 2025 |date=19 January 2024}} Galaxy Investment Partners CEO Michael Novogratz,{{cite web |last1=Schwartz |first1=Brian |title=Crypto investor Mike Novogratz, major Biden 2020 donor, to back long shot Dean Phillips |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/12/mike-novogratz-wont-help-joe-biden-will-back-dean-phillips-.html |publisher=CNBC |access-date=14 January 2025 |date=14 December 2023}} political and corporate strategist Steve Schmidt,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/steve-schmidt-advising-dean-phillips-1234864257/|title=The Man Who Brought You Sarah Palin Has a New Candidate: Dean Phillips|last=Stuart|first=Tessa|date=October 27, 2023|accessdate=October 27, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027141513/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/steve-schmidt-advising-dean-phillips-1234864257/|url-status=live}} and former Bernie Sanders campaign manager and political strategist Jeffrey P. Weaver.{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/2024/01/17/bernie-sanders-campaign-manager-biden-new-hampshire|title=Why Bernie's ex-campaign boss is helping Dean Phillips challenge Biden|work=Axios|last1=Thompson|first1=Alex|date=January 17, 2024|accessdate=January 18, 2024|archive-date=January 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119022313/https://www.axios.com/2024/01/17/bernie-sanders-campaign-manager-biden-new-hampshire|url-status=live}} The editorial boards of the New Hampshire Union Leader,{{Cite web |last=Fortinsky |first=Sarah |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4423586-new-hampshire-newspaper-endorses-dean-phillips-primary/ |title=New Hampshire newspaper backs Phillips ahead of primary |date=January 23, 2024 |access-date=January 23, 2024 |website=The Hill |archive-date=January 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123140129/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4423586-new-hampshire-newspaper-endorses-dean-phillips-primary/ |url-status=live}} Conway Daily Sun,{{cite web |title=No Easy Choices |url=https://www.conwaydailysun.com/opinion/editorials/no-easy-choices/article_a7c28eee-b478-11ee-88e0-3bf996244940.html |publisher=The Conway Daily Sun |access-date=29 September 2024 |date=22 January 2024}} and The Detroit News endorsed Phillips.{{Cite web |title=The Detroit News |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/restricted/?return=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/editorials/2024/02/07/editorial-our-endorsement-for-the-michigan-democratic-primary/72481952007/ |access-date=February 9, 2024 |website=www.detroitnews.com}}

Phillips lost the New Hampshire Democratic primary to Biden, receiving 19.9% of the vote. Biden was a write-in candidate.{{cite web|title=Here's the 1 town Biden lost in NH's Democratic primary (so far)|url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/politics/dean-phillips-2024-nh-primary-victory-town/3257397/|website=NBC Boston|date=January 24, 2024 }} On February 4, 2024, after his loss in the South Carolina primary, Phillips vowed to remain in the race as "a mission of principle".{{cite web |author1=Ramon Antonio Vargas |title=Biden challenger Dean Phillips vows to stay in race as ‘a mission of principle’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/05/dean-phillips-biden-democrat-2024-election |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=29 March 2025 |date=5 February 2024}} In the California primary, he received 2.8% of the total votes cast, with 100,284 votes.{{cite web |title=California Presidential Primary Election Results 2024: Trump, Biden win |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-primary-elections/california-president-results |publisher=NBC NEWS |access-date=May 28, 2024}} In the Oklahoma primary, he received 8.9% of the vote and a plurality in Cimarron County.{{cite web |last1=Ostermeier |first1=Eric |title=Dean Phillips Wins Another County |date=May 15, 2024 |url=https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2024/05/15/dean-phillips-wins-another-county/ |publisher=Smart Politics |access-date=May 26, 2024}}{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Presidential Primary Election Results 2024: Trump, Biden win |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-primary-elections/oklahoma-president-results |publisher=NBC NEWS |access-date=May 27, 2024}} {{cite web |last1=Lin |first1=Clarissa-Jan |title=Dean Phillips (finally) drops out, endorses Biden |date=March 6, 2024 |url=https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/dean-phillips-drops-out-democratic-primary-rcna142075 |publisher=MSNBC |access-date=May 26, 2024}} On March 6, Phillips suspended his campaign following Super Tuesday and endorsed Biden.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/politics/dean-phillips-drops-out.html|title=Dean Phillips Halts Long-Shot Presidential Bid|first=Chris|last=Cameron|date=March 6, 2024|via=NYTimes.com}} After the endorsement, Biden called Phillips on the phone. Phillips said the two "had a wonderful conversation" that ended in an invitation to discuss the state of the 2024 race at the White House.{{cite web |last1=Phillips |first1=Kyra |title=Dean Phillips said Biden called him after dropping out of 2024 presidential race |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZguKlIQcNM |publisher=ABC News |access-date=26 March 2025 |date=7 March 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Christenson |first1=Josh |title=Biden promised Dem challenger Dean Phillips a White House meeting — that 'never happened' |url=https://nypost.com/2024/11/08/us-news/biden-promised-white-house-meeting-with-dem-challenger-dean-phillips-that-never-happened/ |publisher=New York Post |access-date=26 March 2025 |date=8 November 2024}}

Phillips had the second-most awarded pledged delegates of any candidate in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries, with four, and received 529,486 votes. In the Ohio Democratic presidential primary, he received 12.9% of the total votes cast and three delegates to the Democratic National Convention, meeting the 15% threshold of votes needed to receive a delegate in a congressional district in the state's 2nd, {{ushr|OH|6|r}}, and {{ushr|OH|14|r}} districts.{{cite web |last1=Askarinam |first1=Leah |last2=Day |first2=Chad |title=Dean Phillips gains his first delegates. Here's why they'll likely vote for Biden at the convention |date=April 23, 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/article/dean-phillips-delegates-biden-convention-election-primary-1e6ee75cfed9db931467a64bbf534d50 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=May 20, 2024}}{{cite web |title=Democratic Presidential Primaries and Caucuses 2024 |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/primaries-and-caucuses/results/democratic-party/president?admin1=23&election-data-id=2024-PD&selected-election-data-id=2024-PD-ME&election-painting-mode=projection&filter-key-races=false&filter-flipped=false |publisher=CNN |access-date=28 December 2024}} In the Nebraska primary, Phillips received 9.8% of the total vote and earned one delegate by receiving the most votes of any candidate in Logan County, with 55.6% of the vote.{{cite web |title=Nebraska Statewide and Presidential Primary Democratic Results |date=May 17, 2024 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-05-14/primaries/democratic/nebraska |publisher=USA Today}} Based on the Nebraska primary results, one Phillips delegate represented Madison County at the Nebraska Democratic State Convention.{{cite web |first1=Special |last1=To the Daily News |title=Madison County Democratic Party holds county convention |date=May 24, 2024 |url=https://norfolkdailynews.com/news/madison-county-democratic-party-holds-county-convention/article_77de0554-19e1-11ef-b772-fb9256dea1b0.html |publisher=Norfolk Daily News |access-date=July 31, 2024}} In the Missouri primary, he tied with Biden in Clark County.{{cite web |title=Missouri 2024 Democratic primary results |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/missouri-2024-democratic-primary-results/story?id=108405330 |publisher=ABC NEWS |access-date=May 26, 2024}}{{cite web |title=Democratic Presidential Primary: Missouri Results 2024 |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/primaries-and-caucuses/results/missouri/democratic-presidential-primary |publisher=CNN |access-date=May 27, 2024}}

On April 16, 2024, Phillips blamed the national political parties, the media, and "apathetic" voters for his failure to succeed as a modern-day Paul Revere, warning his party of the dangers of allowing an aging Biden to once again take on Trump. He also said he was surprised by the strength of the nation's two-party system, a "duopoly" that has "a decreasing focus on the country and an increasing focus on winning".{{cite web |last1=Radelat |first1=Ana |title=Phillips looks ahead after quixotic presidential campaign that ended his political career |url=https://www.minnpost.com/national/2024/04/phillips-looks-ahead-after-quixotic-presidential-campaign-that-ended-his-political-career/ |publisher=MinnPost |access-date=23 January 2025 |date=16 April 2024}} Phillips said: "I had a network of donors who could have financially supported the campaign, but most of them were too scared to touch it. If you want to maintain your access to power, you have every incentive not to speak up."{{cite web |last1=Marantz |first1=Andrew |title=Why Was It So Hard for the Democrats to Replace Biden? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/02/why-was-it-so-hard-for-the-democrats-to-replace-biden |publisher=The New Yorker |access-date=25 March 2025 |date=23 August 2024}} On July 11, 2024, Jermaine Johnson, a Democratic state representative from Richland County, South Carolina, apologized to Phillips on behalf of those who criticized, ignored, and shunned him despite not being one of them himself.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Jermaine |title=Democrats Owe Dean Phillips an Apology |url=https://www.thearenasc.com/p/democrats-owe-dean-phillips-an-apology |publisher=The Arena |access-date=29 March 2025 |date=11 July 2025}} On July 19, 2024, D.J. Tice, an opinion columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune, apologized to Phillips for his self-described snide coverage of Phillips's campaign.{{cite web |last1=Tice |first1=D.J. |title=An apology to Dean Phillips |url=https://www.startribune.com/rim-for-saturday-a-new-approach-to-political-realism/600382133 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=28 March 2025 |date=19 July 2024}}

Biden withdrew from the presidential election on July 21, 2024.{{cite news |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/biden-announces-hes-ending-reelection-campaign/ |title=Biden ends reelection campaign, endorses Harris |first1=Jeff |last1=Arnold |first2=Sean |last2=Noone |first3=Anna |last3=Kutz |publisher=News Nation |date=July 21, 2024 |access-date=July 21, 2024}} The same day, shortly before Biden ended his campaign, Phillips urged Democrats to hold an "immediate" vote of confidence on Biden in a Wall Street Journal column and Face the Nation interview amid growing concerns about his reelection chances.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/democratic-lawmakers-need-a-confidence-vote-on-biden-election-2024-e800806a|title=Democrats in Congress Should Hold a Confidence Vote on Biden|first=Dean|last=Phillips|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=July 21, 2024|access-date=July 21, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dean-phillips-minnesota-representative-face-the-nation-transcript-07-21-2024/|title=Transcript: Rep. Dean Phillips on "Face the Nation," July 21, 2024|publisher=Face the Nation|date=July 21, 2024|access-date=July 21, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/21/dean-phillips-democrats-biden-immediate-vote-of-confidence|title=Dean Phillips calls on Democrats to hold 'immediate vote of confidence' on Biden|first=Edward|last=Helmore|work=The Guardian|date=July 21, 2024|access-date=July 21, 2024}} Despite claiming that he still endorsed Biden, Phillips also said on Face the Nation that "it is time [for Biden] to step aside and turn this over to a new generation." After Biden withdrew, Phillips said numerous Democrats reached out to him and expressed regret at not taking his concerns more seriously. He expressed disappointment that Biden had not dropped out far earlier and said that "vindication has never felt so unfulfilling". The New York Times called him the "modern Cassandra of American politics" because his warnings about Biden's fitness and age proved prescient despite being ignored.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/us/politics/dean-phillips-biden.html|title=For Dean Phillips, Biden's Withdrawal Offers 'Unfulfilling' Vindication|first=Peter|last=Baker|date=July 23, 2024|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 19, 2024}} The Minnesota Star Tribune reported in August that Phillips said, "If people write anything, I just hope that they might write if [Biden] had debated me then and he had been on one stage, unscripted, with a national audience, and he demonstrated that decline then, this would have been very different circumstances. ... And that's what I was trying to do."{{cite web |last1=Kashiwagi |first1=Sydney |title=Right message, wrong time? Dean Phillips called for ‘new generation’ of leadership two years ago. |url=https://www.startribune.com/dean-phillips-called-for-new-generation-of-leadership-two-years-ago-right-message-wrong-time/600728595 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=25 December 2024 |date=3 August 2024}}

On July 22, 2024, the day after Biden withdrew, Phillips backed eventual Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris but also proposed a straw poll of delegates ahead of the Democratic National Convention to determine the party's top four presidential contenders, who would then take part in four town halls outlining their platforms.{{cite web |last1=Zdechlik |first1=Mark |title=Rep. Phillips backs Harris for president but wants other contenders heard |date=July 22, 2024 |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/07/22/rep-dean-phillips-backs-harris-for-president-wants-other-contenders-heard |publisher=MPR News |access-date=August 12, 2024}} After the town halls, the delegates would vote to choose the nominee.{{cite web |last1=Albertson-Grove |first1=Josie |title=With Biden out, Dean Phillips still wants more presidential competition for Democrats |date=July 22, 2024 |url=https://www.startribune.com/with-biden-out-dean-phillips-still-wants-more-presidential-competition-for-democrats/600382952 |publisher=Star Tribune |access-date=August 12, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Stech Ferek |first1=Katy |title=Early Biden Critic Dean Phillips Still Has Questions |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/early-biden-critic-dean-phillips-still-has-questions-4e0d73c1 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=August 12, 2024}} Phillips explained his reasoning for running against Biden in an August 20 interview at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, saying that he had argued as early as July 2022 that Biden should "pass the torch"; after Biden withdrew in July 2024, some of his colleagues understood why he ran.{{cite web |last1=Tanner |first1=Jeremy |date=August 25, 2024 |title='I did what you're not supposed to': Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips on 'principled' run vs. Biden |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4837269-i-did-what-youre-not-supposed-to-democratic-rep-dean-phillips-on-principled-run-vs-biden/ |work=The Hill |access-date=August 25, 2024}} Phillips was a superdelegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention and told Politico on the convention floor, "I was trying to be a Paul Revere, not a George Washington."{{cite web |last1=Johansen |first1=Ben |title=Dean Phillips feels vindicated in Chicago |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/08/19/dnc-live-updates-coverage/dean-phillips-biden-drop-out-00174655 |publisher=Politico |access-date=10 January 2025 |date=19 August 2024}}{{Cite tweet |number=1807816741138927975 |user=AndrewYang |title=A friendly reminder that Dean Phillips has 4 pledged delegates to the DNC plus he's a superdelegate himself - which automatically makes him one of the most important figures if there’s an open convention. #swapJoeout |first=Andrew |last=Yang |date=July 1, 2024 |access-date=April 1, 2025}}

Both CNN's lead Washington anchor Jake Tapper{{cite web |author1=The Lead with Jake Tapper |date=20 August 2024 |title=Geoff Duncan, Rep. Dean Phillips on challenging their political parties |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/20/politics/video/the-lead-dnc-republicans-democrats-2024-election-gop-jake-tapper |access-date=6 March 2025 |publisher=CNN}}{{cite web |author1=State of the Union with Jake Tapper |date=28 July 2024 |title=‘You were on the wrong side of that’: Tapper presses Walz for downplaying Biden age concerns |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/28/politics/video/sotu-walz-on-biden |access-date=6 March 2025 |publisher=CNN}} and political commentator Tim Miller gave Phillips credit for his early questioning of Biden's bid for reelection.{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Tim |title=Dean Phillips Was Right About Joe Biden (w/ Dean Phillips) Bulwark Podcast |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvo0fnQdxyM |publisher=The Bulwark Podcast |access-date=6 March 2025 |date=15 August 2024}} On August 17, 2024, an opinion column in the Duluth News Tribune argued that "the Democratic Party owes Dean Phillips an apology".{{cite web |last1=Rosado |first1=Alex |title=National View: Democrats owe Minnesota's Rep. Dean Phillips an apology |url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/columns/national-view-democrats-owe-minnesotas-rep-dean-phillips-an-apology |publisher=Duluth News Tribune |access-date=28 March 2025 |date=17 August 2024}}

On November 10, 2024, journalist Shannon Bream asked Phillips whether he felt overlooked by his party during the campaign and election; he replied, "My voice, yes, was ignored, but tens of millions of Americans' voices were ignored and suppressed and disenfranchised."{{cite web |last1=Irwin |first1=Lauren |title=Dean Phillips: My voice was ‘ignored’ but so were ‘tens of millions’ of Americans |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4982938-dean-phillips-my-voice-was-ignored/ |publisher=The Hill |access-date=21 January 2025 |date=10 November 2024}} On November 11, 2024, former U.S. representative Joe Cunningham wrote that Phillips "showed immense courage by openly encouraging a primary. And when no one stepped forward offered himself up so voters would have a choice."{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Joe |title=To correct course, Democrats need to listen and change the way they talk to voters |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/4983286-democratic-party-election-failures/ |publisher=The Hill |access-date=27 May 2025 |date=11 November 2024}} In an interview after the election, Phillips said: "My run wasn't about me. It was about having a legitimate, invitational, competitive, spirited primary. That means debate. And had there been other candidates on a primary stage, I'm almost certain that Americans, at least Democratic primary voters, would have selected someone in a better position to ultimately beat the most dangerous Republican candidate of our lifetime."{{cite web |last1=Dahlkamp |first1=Owen |title="We Learned Very Little From 2016": Dean Phillips Is Still Worried About the Democratic Party's Strategy |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dean-phillips-interview-2024-election/ |publisher=The Nation |access-date=December 30, 2024 |date=November 15, 2024}} HuffPost reported that after the election Phillips said of his White House bid, "I would do it a thousand times again... My only regret—and it's a big one—is that so many of my colleagues who felt exactly the same way couldn't find the courage to say and do something about it."{{cite web |last1=Nicholson |first1=Jonathan |title=Dean Phillips, Early Challenger To Biden For 2024 Nomination: I Would Do It All Again |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dean-phillips-stands-by-decision-to-challenge-biden_n_673fa647e4b090a704c8eadc |publisher=HuffPost |access-date=December 30, 2024 |date=November 21, 2024}} On November 24, Phillips participated in a podcast with The Lever founder and editor-in-chief David Sirota. Sirota credited him for his early warnings to Democrats about Biden's electability.{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Arjun |last2=Sirota |first2=David |title=The Democrat Who Tried To Warn Us (With Rep. Dean Phillips) |url=https://www.levernews.com/the-democrat-who-tried-to-warn-us-with-rep-dean_phillips/ |publisher=The Lever |access-date=8 March 2025 |date=24 November 2024}} U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, the first Democrat in Congress to openly call for Biden to withdraw from the election after the first presidential debate, said after Trump won, "I only regret I didn't do it earlier ... I believe that the only person in our caucus who doesn't share some responsibility for the outcome is Dean Phillips, who came out early."{{cite web |last1=Schnell |first1=Mychael |last2=Lillis |first2=Mike |title=Shellshocked Dems return to Capitol to reckon with drubbing |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4987568-shellshocked-dems-return-to-capitol-to-reckon-with-drubbing/ |publisher=The Hill |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=12 November 2024}} On December 26, Mother Jones named Phillips a "Hero of 2024" for being the only elected official to challenge Biden in the Democratic primary who tried to make the case that Biden was unfit for office.{{cite web |last1=Lanard |first1=Noah |title=Hero of 2024: Dean Phillips, Kind Of |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/hero-of-2024-dean-phillips-kind-of/ |publisher=Mother Jones |access-date=28 December 2024 |date=26 December 2024}}

As part of the "11 Democratic Thinkers on What the Party Needs Right Now" article in Politico, Andrew Yang called for Phillips to become the new Democratic National Committee Chairman. He wrote: "First, the Democrats should apologize for sandbagging Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primary. After, they should name Dean Phillips the new chair of the DNC, as the only Democrat with the character to sacrifice his own career for the good of the country."{{cite web |date=November 7, 2024 |title=11 Democratic Thinkers on What the Party Needs Right Now |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/07/10-democratic-thinkers-on-what-the-party-needs-right-now-00187993 |access-date=January 16, 2025 |website=Politico}} On December 28, 2024, Politico reported that Phillips was right about Biden's reelection campaign and that his decision to launch a primary challenge proved prescient after Biden's performance in his debate against Trump.{{cite web |last1=Wu |first1=Nicholas |title=Dean Phillips Was Right About Joe Biden. He Finds It ‘Awfully Unsatisfying.’ |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/28/dean-phillips-congress-exit-interview-00195232 |publisher=Politico |access-date=30 December 2024 |date=28 December 2024}} The same day, the Guardian reported that Phillips was "saddened" to be vindicated in his prediction that Biden could not win reelection.{{cite web |last1=Helmore |first1=Edward |title=Dean Phillips, early Democratic critic of Biden, reflects on party’s presidential loss |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/28/dean-phillips-biden-presidential-loss |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=30 December 2024 |date=28 December 2024}} On December 30, The New York Times dubbed Phillips the "Most Prophetic" in its 2024 High School Yearbook of American Politics for challenging Biden for the Democratic nomination.{{cite web |last1=Cottle |first1=Michelle |title=The 2024 High School Yearbook of American Politics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/opinion/donald-trump-elon-musk-taylor-swift-politics.html |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=30 December 2024 |date=30 December 2024}}

On January 7, 2025, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens wrote that Phillips should be nominated for a Profile in Courage Award because it was left to him to "play the part of the boy who says the emperor has no clothes".{{cite web |last1=Stephens |first1=Bret |title=The Biden Presidency: Four Illusions, Four Deceptions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/opinion/joe-biden-legacy.html |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=8 January 2025 |date=7 January 2025}} On January 22, during a podcast with New York University professor Scott Galloway, Democratic political strategist Jessica Tarlov said, "there are all these Democrats who now feel emboldened to talk about how they knew Biden shouldn't have been the nominee... and the time for that was in the public square, frankly, when Dean Phillips was screaming from the rooftops, 'if I have to be the guy I'll be the guy'".{{cite web |last1=Galloway |first1=Scott |last2=Tarlov |first2=Jessica |title=Trump’s First Moves, Biden’s Final Words Raging Moderates |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Xjop20toU |publisher=The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway |access-date=17 February 2025 |date=22 January 2025}} On February 9, former U.S. Representative Tim Roemer wrote the Democratic Party an open letter saying, "We had an opportunity during the primary campaign (when we ignored Rep. Dean Phillips' warnings) to voice our concerns about Biden's age or to remind him that we voted for him in 2020 to defeat Donald Trump and serve one term."{{cite web |last1=Roemer |first1=Tim |title=After the big loss, what's next? An open letter to the Democratic Party |url=https://www.salon.com/2025/02/09/after-the-big-loss-whats-next-an-open-letter-to-the-democratic-party/ |publisher=Salon.com |access-date=9 February 2025 |date=9 February 2025}} On February 14, former U.S. Representative John Delaney tweeted, "Democrats certainly would have been better served listening to Dean Phillips because it turns out that he was 100% correct in his assessment of the 2024 election so perhaps the better plan might be to not ignore what he has to say but listen and learn?"{{Cite tweet |number=1890394511907406182 |user=JohnDelaney |title=Democrats certainly would have been better served listening to @deanbphillips because it turns out that he was 100% correct in his assessment of the 2024 election so perhaps the better plan might be to not ignore what he has to say but listen and learn? |first=John |last=Delaney |date=February 14, 2025 |access-date=April 1, 2025}}

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Phillips is divorced and has two adult daughters. He is Jewish,{{cite web|url=https://tcjewfolk.com/dean-phillips-minnesota-third-district/|title=Dean Phillips & The Road To November 2018|date=May 30, 2017|website=Tcjewfolk.com|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331025449/https://tcjewfolk.com/dean-phillips-minnesota-third-district/|url-status=live}} and was acknowledged by the Minnesota publication The American Jewish World for serving on the board of Temple Israel in Minneapolis.{{cite web|url=http://ajwnews.com/dean-phillips/|title=Dear Abby asked Dean Phillips for advice|date=July 25, 2018|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402014743/http://ajwnews.com/dean-phillips/|url-status=live}} Phillips's paternal grandmother, Pauline Phillips, was the author of the advice column "Dear Abby", under the pen name Abigail Van Buren.{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/08/ilhan-omar-dean-phillips-minnesota-democratic-party-225696/|title=The Democrats' Dilemma| first=Tim|last=Alberta|website=Politico|date=March 8, 2019|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331220927/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/08/ilhan-omar-dean-phillips-minnesota-democratic-party-225696|url-status=live}} He has said that Elie Wiesel's book Night has stuck with him and that he kept it on his table in Washington and at home.{{cite web |last1=Sexton |first1=Adam |title=Phillips talks about famous grandmother, important books in 'Candidate Café' |url=https://www.wmur.com/article/dean-phillips-democrat-candidate-cafe-112023/45898556 |publisher=WMUR News |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=20 November 2023}}

Phillips is friends with actor Woody Harrelson. He met and befriended Harrelson when Harrelson rented his house while shooting the movie Wilson. Harrelson joined Phillips on a trip to Vietnam, where Phillips's father was killed in a helicopter crash.{{cite web |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Laura |title=50 Years Later MN Congressman & Woody Harrelson Make a Special Trip to Vietnam |url=https://1037theloon.com/50-years-later-mn-congressman-honors-father-with-woody-harrelson/ |publisher=KLZZ (103.7 FM) |access-date=5 January 2025 |date=30 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Rep. Dean Phillips travels to Vietnam to honor father’s memory |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_5TkVrG_fk&t=8s |publisher=TODAY Show |access-date=5 January 2025 |date=29 May 2023}} The trip to Vietnam gained more attention during a stop in Seoul, South Korea, when Phillips ran into a group of K-Pop stars from BigBang and BLACKPINK and a popular South Korean actor, Park Bo-gum, at a recording studio. Phillips called the South Korean superstars "kind and warm".{{cite web |last1=Radelat |first1=Ana |title=D.C. Memo: Dean Phillips visits dad’s Vietnam War crash site; rubs elbows with South Korean stars |url=https://www.minnpost.com/dc-memo/2023/03/d-c-memo-dean-phillips-visits-dads-vietnam-war-crash-site-rubs-elbows-with-south-korean-stars/ |publisher=MinnPost |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=24 March 2023}}

Phillips is a childhood friend of Representative Kelly Morrison.{{cite web |last1=Zacks |first1=Yoni |title=“YOLO:” Dean Phillips ’87 and Kelly Morrison ’87 Mark Historical Send-Off |url=https://www.blakespectrum.org/blog/2024/12/19/yolo-dean-phillips-87-and-kelly-morrison-87-mark-historical-send-off/ |publisher=The Spectrum |access-date=4 June 2025 |date=19 December 2024}} Phillips is a Minnesota Vikings fan.{{cite web |title=Woody Harrelson spotted in Vikings purple at Sunday's game in London |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/reactions/woody-harrelson-spotted-in-vikings-purple-at-sunday-s-game-in-london-01j9hvpea5ep |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=5 January 2025 |date=6 October 2024}}{{Cite tweet |number=1591940098547150849 |user=RepDeanPhillips |title=I’ve been watching the Vikings for half a century. Went to their last Super Bowl in 1978 when I was nine years old. Never seen a more remarkable and magical finish than today. Maybe. Just maybe… |first=Dean |last=Phillips |date=November 13, 2022 |access-date=April 1, 2025}}

• "Democrats in Congress Should Hold a Confidence Vote on Biden", The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2024
• "I Warned My Party About Biden's Health. Will They Listen Now?", The Free Press, May 22, 2025{{cite web |last1=Phillips |first1=Dean |title=I Warned My Party About Biden’s Health. Will They Listen Now? |url=https://www.thefp.com/p/dean-phillips-warned-democrats-about-biden?hide_intro_popup=true |publisher=The Free Press |access-date=28 May 2025 |date=22 May 2025}}
• "Dean Phillips: How to Regain Trust After the Biden Coverup", The Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2025{{cite web |last1=Phillips |first1=Dean |title=Dean Phillips: How to Regain Trust After the Biden Coverup |url=https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dean-phillips-how-to-regain-trust-after-the-biden-coverup-democrats-193db348?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAi08EyHr6mg6dJjP_jBvt1dBi3Jc1Durkib46fjuvxLKZduxodXXM56U3oQCuM%3D&gaa_ts=68367b60&gaa_sig=XAUGIMgW0ODHElsrgTEfjTBOZxFRQsKWOdq0shB5vvNezO8_EHBX-4ONS5DeyBCDJBqWXT8bSZ1eiPeeb5qy-w%3D%3D |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=28 May 2025 |date=22 May 2025}}

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• [https://www.phillipsforcongress.org House campaign website]
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