Who are the declared candidates running for president in 2024?
17. Dean Phillips
Update: Dean Phillips dropped out of the race on March 6 and endorsed Biden.
Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., announced that he was mounting a primary challenge to Biden in an Oct. 27 interview with CBS News. In an X post sharing footage from the interview, Phillips indicated that while he viewed the president as a “good man” and “someone I tremendously respect,” he expressed concern that “on our current course, the Democrats will lose and Trump will be our President again.”
I am running for President as a Democrat in 2024.
— Dean Phillips ???????? (@deanbphillips) October 27, 2023
My campaign will be about four main things.
First and foremost, it will be about the economy. We have to make life more affordable for the middle class, which is the issue that voters care about most. We need to bring down the… https://t.co/dNyRtITHzq
“If President Biden is the Democratic nominee, we face an unacceptable risk of Trump being back in the White House,” he added. Phillips identified the economy as one of the “four main things” his campaign will focus on: “We have to make life more affordable for the middle class, which is the issue that voters care about most. We need to bring down the cost of living and make life affordable again.”
Phillips also identified safety as an important focus of his campaign, maintaining that “if people don’t feel safe in their communities, not much else matters.” He cited the “drug crisis” and “mental health crisis” in the U.S. as factors negatively affecting public safety.
The other planks of his platform include advancing the “generational change the country wants and policies that invest in our future” as well as “listening to each other to get back to a less divisive political environment.” Phillips suggested “term limits, campaign finance reform, and things like bipartisan cabinets” as “government reform” efforts that could help achieve the goal of a “less divisive political environment.”
According to The Green Papers, Phillips has secured 3.60% of the popular vote in the Democratic primary.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: [email protected]
