Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips is expected to announce a long-term challenge to President Biden in the Democratic primary on Friday, according to a person familiar with his plans.
And in New Hampshire, Phillips’ White House Democratic campaign is scheduled to begin on the last day of filing nominations for the nation’s first high-profile presidential primary.
The 54-year-old billionaire businessman, co-founder of a gelato company and three-term House Democrat held an event on the plaza outside the New Hampshire State House in Concord and filed for the primary inside the building. It is expected that The Secretary of State’s Office, a person familiar with his plans, confirmed to Fox News.
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Congressman Dean Phillips (D-Minnesota), who is expected to challenge President Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary, speaks at a press conference in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2020.Reuters/Ken Cedeno/File Photo (Reuters/Ken Cedeno)
“He doesn’t actually have an appointment with my office. He has an appointment with a space on the lawn in front of the state capitol,” New Hampshire Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told reporters Tuesday. I know that,” he said.
And Scanlan said “I think it’s healthy for the New Hampshire primary” for Phillips to challenge the 80-year-old Biden in the primary.
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A video posted to social media on Tuesday showed a bus decorated with a “Dean Phillips for President” sign driving down an Ohio highway.
Phillips, who represents a district in suburban Minneapolis, recently spoke by phone with Ray Buckley, the longtime New Hampshire Democratic Party chairman.
“Of course, as is our tradition, we will be gracious hosts, but both polling and grassroots interactions in New Hampshire have shown that potential voters… “It has become clear that there is a high level of support for President Biden among Americans,” he said. It’s a tough challenge for Phillips and for everyone. But of course, come on, stand up! ”
Citing the president’s age, Phillips has repeatedly criticized Biden for not “passing the torch” to the next generation of Democratic leaders, with leading primary candidates challenging him for the party’s nomination in 2024. insisted that it be done.
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When other Democrats wouldn’t consider running against Biden, Phillips began considering taking on the mission himself. “It’s healthy to have an alternative, and I think voters are looking for that,” he told MPR News (Minnesota Public Radio) earlier this month.
But Phillips, who recently stepped down from his leadership role as co-chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee due to a possible run for the White House, has taken it upon himself to decide whether to contest the primary. The set September deadline has passed. president. And Phillips last week missed a deadline on the Democratic nominating calendar to put his name on the ballot in Nevada, where the presidential primary is held on February 6.
According to the Democratic National Committee, which bucked long-standing tradition by revamping its long-standing nomination calendar earlier this year, the Silver State will join New Hampshire three days after South Carolina’s primary begins on February 3. I will be voting for 2nd place.
A sign outside the state capitol in Concord, New Hampshire, marks the status of the state’s cherished 100-year-old presidential primary, the nation’s first. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
New Hampshire is almost certain to move up its primary date to late January, in line with state law that requires the Granite State primary to be held seven days before similar races.
New Hampshire is certain to hold a primary that does not comply with the Democratic National Committee’s revamped 2024 nominating calendar, and Mr. Biden is likely to avoid any unofficial campaign.
And on Tuesday, the president’s 2024 re-election campaign announced that Biden would not apply to have his name placed on New Hampshire’s ballot. Democratic leaders in the state are now planning to launch a written campaign on behalf of the president.
President Biden leads a labor rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 17, 2023.The president will run for a second term in the White House in 2024 (AP)
The president is the likely front-runner in the race for the party’s nomination, but polls show that Democrats have growing concerns about Biden due to his age, physical strength and mental fitness.
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The president already faces a long-term primary challenge from Marianne Williamson, a best-selling author and spiritual advisor who is running for the White House for the second year in a row.
New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scann after Democratic presidential candidate and author Marianne Williamson requests to have her name placed on the primary election ballot in Concord, New Hampshire, United States, October 12, 2023. Talk to Mr. Lan.Reuters/Brian Snyder (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
Biden also faces a difficult primary challenge from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the scion of perhaps America’s most famous family political dynasty, an environmental lawyer and prominent vaccine critic. Ta.
But Kennedy announced at a campaign event in Philadelphia earlier this month that he would now seek the White House as an independent candidate.
The DNC fully supports Biden as the president seeks a second four-year term in the White House. At its winter meeting in February, the DNC unanimously passed a resolution pledging its “full and complete support” for Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ re-election. Additionally, the DNC said there will be no primary debate between Biden and his challengers.
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Although Williamson, Kennedy and other party members criticized the DNC and Biden, the move has political precedent. No sitting president in modern times has participated in a primary debate.
Jim Demers, a longtime New Hampshire-based political consultant and lobbyist who is helping lead Biden’s campaign, called Phillips’ primary challenge a “ridiculous idea.” .
“New Hampshire Democrats support the president,” Demers told Fox News. “So if his mission is to divide and help the Democratic Party; [former President] Donald Trump, that’s what he’s doing. ”
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