{"id":2066070,"date":"2023-10-13T09:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T13:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dean-phillips-draws-primary-challenger-following-rumors-he-plans-to-challenge-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T13:36:08","slug":"dean-phillips-draws-primary-challenger-following-rumors-he-plans-to-challenge-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dean-phillips-draws-primary-challenger-following-rumors-he-plans-to-challenge-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Phillips faces primary challenger amid speculation of Biden challenge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdean-phillips-draws-primary-challenger-following-rumors-he-plans-to-challenge-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2066070&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democratic Challenger\u200b Emerges for Rep. Dean Phillips in\u2062 Minnesota House Race<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MI) may face a tough road to reelection \u200dnext year \u2064as he considers challenging President Joe Biden \u200cin a primary. Democratic National Committee executive member Ron Harris\u200c has announced his campaign to challenge Phillips for the \u2064Minnesota House seat \u2062that Phillips flipped in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who previously served as the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-climate-and-green-agenda\/\" title=\"Debating Trump, DeSantis, and GOP's 2024 stance on climate and green agenda.\">chief resilience officer<\/a> for the City of\u200d Minneapolis and now holds positions as a DNC \u2062executive committee member and Midwestern Caucus chairman, has built a\u2064 strong career in the state&#8217;s \u2062Democratic establishment. At just 33 \u2063years \u200dold, Harris is seen as a young and effective \u200bleader with \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-puts-uranium-between-hard-rock-and-no-place-on-critical-mineral-list\/\" title=\"Biden admin classifies uranium as a 'critical mineral'\">proven track \u200crecord<\/a> of bringing \u2063change to\u2063 his community.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by former President Barack\u200d Obama&#8217;s historic ascent \u200bto the White House, Harris\u200c is committed to ensuring strong and effective Democratic representation in Washington.\u2062 His campaign aims to fight apathy \u200dand cynicism,\u2063 showing that \u2063it is\u200c his generation&#8217;s time to step up and serve the country.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips, \u200cwho recently stepped down from his\u2063 role\u200d in House Democratic \u2064leadership, has expressed\u200d concerns\u200b about Biden&#8217;s age and has\u2062 called for him not to run for reelection. While Phillips aligns \u2064himself with Biden&#8217;s\u2063 agenda, he believes that\u2063 having\u2063 alternatives and \u2062more choice is healthy for\u200b voters.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips has yet to face a highly competitive Democratic primary challenger, having easily won three\u2063 congressional elections as the\u200c sole serious contender in the party. However, if he decides to \u200denter the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-2024-candidate-targets-trump-angry-iowa-crowd-doesnt-let-him-get-away-with-it\/\" title=\"GOP 2024 hopeful confronts Trump, Iowa crowd won't let him off the hook.\">2024\u200d presidential race<\/a>, Harris \u2063would be the only \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dean-phillips-draws-primary-challenger-following-rumors-he-plans-to-challenge-biden\/\" title=\"Dean Phillips faces primary challenger amid speculation of Biden challenge.\">prominent candidate vying<\/a> for the suburban congressional seat,\u2063 as no Republican challenger has come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Both Harris&#8217;s and Phillips&#8217;s\u200c teams were contacted for \u2063comment but have not\u2063 responded.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What impact could Ron Harris&#8217;s campaign have on\u200d Rep. Dean Phillips&#8217;s chances of\u200d reelection in the Minnesota House race<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Democratic Challenger Emerges for Rep. Dean Phillips in Minnesota House Race<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MI) may face a tough road \u200cto reelection next \u2064year as he considers challenging\u200c President \u2062Joe Biden in a primary. Democratic National Committee executive\u2062 member Ron\u200c Harris has announced his campaign to challenge Phillips\u2062 for the Minnesota House seat that \u200bPhillips flipped in \u200d2018.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who previously\u200b served\u200b as\u200c the chief \u2064resilience officer\u200b for\u200d the City of Minneapolis and now\u2062 holds positions as a DNC executive committee member and \u2064Midwestern Caucus chairman,\u2064 has built a \u2063strong career in the state&#8217;s Democratic \u2063establishment. At just 33 years old, Harris is seen \u2062as a\u2063 young and effective\u200d leader with a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-cant-make-this-up-disgraced-former-fbi-agent-peter-strzoks-wife-melissa-hodgman-named-acting-director-of-the-division-of-enforcement-for-the-sec\/\" title=\"You Can\u2019t Make This Up: Disgraced Former FBI Agent Peter Strzok\u2019s Wife, Melissa Hodgman, Named Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement for the SEC\">proven track record<\/a> of bringing change to his \u2062community.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by former President \u200bBarack\u2062 Obama&#8217;s historic ascent to the White House, Harris is \u2063committed to ensuring strong and effective Democratic representation in Washington. His campaign aims to \u200bfight apathy and cynicism, showing that it is\u200d his generation&#8217;s time to step up and serve \u200dthe country.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips,\u2063 who recently stepped down from his role in House Democratic leadership, has expressed concerns about Biden&#8217;s\u2064 age\u200b and has\u200d called for him not to run\u200d for reelection. \u2063While\u2063 Phillips aligns himself with \u2063Biden&#8217;s agenda, he believes that having\u2064 alternatives\u2064 and\u200c more choice is healthy for voters.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips has yet to face a highly\u2064 competitive Democratic \u200bprimary challenger, having \u200beasily won \u200dthree congressional elections as the sole serious contender in the party. However, if he decides to enter the 2024 presidential race, Harris would be the only prominent candidate vying \u200bfor the suburban congressional seat, as no Republican challenger\u2063 has come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Both Harris&#8217;s and Phillips&#8217;s teams were contacted for\u2062 comment\u200c but have not responded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MI) faces obstacles in his reelection bid as he relinquishes House leadership and considers challenging President Joe Biden in a primary. Ron Harris, a Democratic National Committee executive member, revealed his intention to run against Phillips for the Minnesota House seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2066071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2066070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2066070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2066071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2066070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2066070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2066070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}