Category: Dean Phillips

Dean Phillips Ready To Take Over 3rd District

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — One of the biggest wins this last election was the double-digit victory by businessman Dean Phillips over five-term incumbent Representative Erik Paulsen.

Phillips beat Paulsen by 11 percentage points and says he is ready to champion a progressive agenda for Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District.

Defeating a long-term incumbent Congressman is never easy, but businessman and philanthropist Dean Phillips handily beat Congressman Erik Paulsen in the November midterm elections. Phillips will represent Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District, which encompasses the western suburbs of Minneapolis.

View the complete December 2 article by Esme Murphy on the WCCO TV website here.

What Really Happens During Congress’ Freshman Orientation

Now the CD3 has a newly-elected Congressperson, we thought you might be interested in the following article:

Political Theater, Episode 45

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I’m eager to see change in Washington

To the Editor:

Congratulations Congressional District 3! I now have my first Democratic Congressman EVER. Plymouth has held a Republican seat since 1961, but now it is held by Dean Phillips. Dean Phillips won this by taking zero PAC dollars. None. Not one. Therefore, he can go to Washington and represent me and not the NRA or other PACs who used to represent me through Erik Paulsen (now defeated). I am eager for this to help change the tone in our government. We need people to listen to each other and to compromise and work both sides of the aisle. I expect Dean Phillips to spearhead this movement, and that is the only way the Democrats can continue to succeed, in my opinion.

Kerry Anderson, Plymouth
Plymouth Sun-Sailor, November 12, 2018

Representative-Elect Dean Phillips Expresses Full Support for the Southwest Light Rail Project

EXCELSIOR, MN — Congressman-elect Dean Phillips released the following statement today after SouthWest Light Rail received a letter of no prejudice from the Federal Transit Administration that allows the organization to begin soliciting construction contracts:

For too long, Minnesota has sent more money to Washington than has been returned. This is a rare opportunity to correct that course.

I have been, and will continue to be, a vocal advocate for infrastructure investments, including the SouthWest and Bottineau Light Rail lines, for Minnesota’s Third District. The $1 billion investment in SouthWest Light Rail will spur job growth, provide access to employment, and incentivize further economic development in communities along the line. I look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress, the Minnesota legislature, and the Walz administration to ensure these important projects are completed.

Dean Phillips Wins in Minnesota 3rd District

Phillips will be the first Democrat to represent the district since 1960

EXCELSIOR, MN – Dean Phillips won the closely watched race for US Congress in Minnesota’s Third District today by an impressive  56 to 44 margin, with 99% of precincts reporting. Phillips addressed more than 700 volunteers and supporters who gathered at the campaign’s election night celebration.

Prepared Remarks:

“We demonstrated that by working together, engaging in conversation with our neighbors, and listening to those whose life experiences and perspectives differ from our own – we CAN overcome hatred, divisiveness and tribalism and begin the work of repairing our faults – as a nation and as individuals.

Yet winning an election is not enough.  We have serious and hard work to 

do to repair our politics, to end the culture of corruption in Washington, to bring people back together and make meaningful progress on the major challenges facing this country. That will be my mission every single day in Congress. But I cannot do it alone.

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The Fact Checker’s crash course for the 2018 elections

NOTE:  CLF, the Paul Ryan aligned super PAC has been busy with nasty ads in Minnesota, too.  With multiple ads in CD3, among other CDs. We’ve noted they’re false and provided information on this group before.  Here’s what a journalist charged with fact checking has to say about their style of ads.


A super PAC aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan produced six ads in tight house races that are littered with falsehoods. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

All 47 of our fact checks that dealt with candidates or campaign ads in 2018 are now in one place — right here.

Yes, it’s a wonder we still have time to fact-check politicians not named Donald Trump, he of the 6,420 false or misleading claims. But it’s not just the president who is flooding the airwaves with misinformation. The 2018 campaign season has featured a bunch of Trump-like TV ads, nativist rhetoric and scurrilous statistics from candidates, super PACs and other groups.

Of the 47 fact checks, 21 received Four Pinocchios. Twelve got Three Pinocchios, and seven got Two Pinocchios. We threw in two fact checks that got One Pinocchio and five with no ratings.

View the complete November 5 article by Salvador Rizzo on the Washington Post website here.

Dean Phillips to Finish 40-City Coffee and Conversation Tour Tomorrow

EXCELSIOR, MN – Dean Phillips will conclude his 5-day, 40-city “Coffee and Conversation Tour” from November 2nd to Election Day, November 6th.

Phillips’ campaign for Congress is based on the idea that representation begins with listening, and that change begins with conversation. Phillips has been traveling the district in his Government Repair Truck for a year and a half, meeting with and hearing from voters of all backgrounds at over 120 public events, making this a fitting close to his campaign.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Excelsior: 8:00 AM, door knock kickoff, Conversation Cottage (478 2nd St)

Deephaven: 8:30 AM, Dean will be VOTING at St. Therese Church (18325 Minnetonka Blvd)

Tonka Bay: 9:45 AM, Caribou Coffee (5663 Manitou Rd)

Navarre: 11:00 AM, Cookie Cups (3412 Shoreline Drive)

Spring Park: 11:30 AM, Lord Fletcher’s (3746 Sunset Dr)

Mound: 12:15 PM, Dakota Junction (2281 Commerce Blvd)

St. Bonifacius: 1:30 PM, Mocha Monkey (4080 Tower St)

Orono: 2:45 PM, Harvest Moon Co-op (2380 Wayzata Blvd)

Long Lake: 3:15 PM, Birch’s on the Lake ( 1310 Wayzata Blvd)

Additional stops: Shorewood, Minnetrista, Minnetonka Beach, Greenwood

 

ELECTION NIGHT GATHERING

Hilton Bloomington, 3900 American Boulevard West, Bloomington, MN, 55437

Doors at 8:00 PM

Phillips represents regular voters

The source of campaign contributions is a trustworthy indicator of who will truly represent residents of the 3rd Congressional District: incumbent Erik Paulsen or his challenger Dean Phillips.

Paulsen currently occupies the eye-popping rank of No. 4 among reps who have accepted the most PAC money. That’s right — of 435 U.S. House reps, only three take more outside money than Erik Paulsen. He’s raked in over $2.6 million from political action committees. PACs are funded primarily by corporations and billionaires outside our district, and exist for one reason only: to influence elections and legislation.

Dean Phillips? Zero PAC money. Sixty-seven thousand individual contributors, donating an average of $33 each, have provided 100 percent of his campaign funds. And that’s who Phillips will listen to before casting votes in Congress: his constituents. The lion’s share of Paulsen’s votes, on the other hand, reflect the interests of the outside parties that pour money into his campaign coffers. Continue reading “Phillips represents regular voters”