Category: Dean Phillips

Top 10 GOP House seats most likely to flip in a blue wave

Republicans are scrambling to minimize their losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections in an effort to deny Democrats the 23 seats they need to recapture a majority in the House.

In recent weeks, Republican groups have redirected millions of dollars to competitive districts where their prospects appear brighter. Meanwhile, President Trump has gone to bat for several vulnerable GOP incumbents.

A handful of GOP lawmakers are fighting uphill battles for survival and appear likely to lose their seats, according to party strategists, with just days left before the vote.

Here are the 10 Republican incumbents seen as most likely to lose their seats:

View the complete November 2 article by Max Greenwood on the Hill website here.

 

This is what a good political ad looks like

Not since Paul Wellstone have we seen an ad that does so much to humanize a candidate as the one Minnesota DFL U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar issued Thursday with DFL congressional candidate Dean Phillips.

It’s not entirely clear whether the video is intended to support Phillips or Klobuchar, one in a tough race, the other in about as safe a race as Minnesota currently features. More than likely, the intent is to use Klobuchar’s coat tails.

But it’s a unique style we don’t see much of anymore.

Have a look.

View the original November 1 post by bob Collins on the MPR News website here.

“I’d trust Dean Phillips in my foxhole any day.”

Dear Editor:

I’d trust Dean Phillips in my foxhole any day.

On March 8 of 1965, as a Marine, I was airlifted into Vietnam. Before long I was digging foxholes. So I know what I’m talking about when I say if I had to have a person next to me in a foxhole, it would be Dean Phillips.

I’ve known Dean since he was three. I’m writing this because I’m angered by the way this outstanding man is being portrayed by Erik Paulsen and his dishononest squad of PAC snipers. Continue reading ““I’d trust Dean Phillips in my foxhole any day.””

Day 2: Phillips Continues 40-City “Coffee and Conversation” Tour

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

Phillips’s 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.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3

Eden Prairie: 9:00 AM, knock kickoff, DFL Office (10165 Hennepin Town Rd, Eden Prairie)

Minnetonka: 9:40 AM, The Marsh

Wayzata: 10:45 AM, Bellecour

Bloomington: 11:45 AM, knock kickoff, DFL Office (2950 Metro Dr, #117, Bloomington)

Bloomington: 12:30 PM, Northstar Tavern Continue reading “Day 2: Phillips Continues 40-City “Coffee and Conversation” Tour”