Category: Dean Phillips
Phillips Kicks Off 5-Day, 40-City Coffee and Conversation Tour
EXCELSIOR, MN – Today, Dean Phillips announced that he will hit the road for a “40 City Coffee and Conversation Tour” from November 2nd – 6th. Phillips’s campaign for Congress is based on the idea that representation begins with listening, so the candidate will drive his Government Repair Truck to every town in Minnesota’s Third District in order to give voters a chance to say hello and have a conversation.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2
Eden Prairie: 8:00 AM, Original Pancake House
Chanhassen: 8:45 AM, Perkins
Victoria: 9:30 AM, School of the Wise
Chaska: 11:45 AM, Chaska Curling Club with special guest gold medalist Coach Phill Drobnik
Chaska: 12:45 PM, Red Bench Bakery
Laketown Township, Dahlgren Township
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Woodland, Wayzata, Bloomington, Edina, Brooklyn Park
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Brooklyn Park, Coon Rapids, Champlin, Plymouth, Medicine Lake, Osseo, Maple Grove, Dayton
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Rogers, Corcoran, Hamel, Medina, Loretto, Independence, Greenfield, Maple Plain
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Deephaven, Excelsior, Shorewood, Tonka Bay, Minnetonka Beach, Navarre, Spring Park, Mound, St. Bonifacius, Minnetrista, Orono, Long Lake, Greenwood
Show Highlight: Dean Phillips
DFL Candidate for Minnesota’s 3rd District Dean Phillips joins Roshini in studio to talk about his race against Erik Paulsen
If you didn’t hear the initial airing of this interview, we’re providing it below:
View the original October 28 post on the WCCO Radio website here.
No, Dean Phillips was not involved in a sexual harassment case at one of his companies
A television ad in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District attempts to tie Democratic candidate Dean Phillips to a congressman accused of domestic abuse.
Phillips’ opponent, Republican congressman Erik Paulsen, aired the ad that starts off by saying “sleazy Keith Ellison and shady Dean Phillips, both caught up in another sexual harassment scandal,” making it appear as if the two men are involved in the same scandal.
Ellison is accused of domestic abuse by his former girlfriend. The congressman is currently running for Minnesota attorney general and has denied the allegations.
But the focus here is the claim that Phillps is “charged with ignoring sexual harassment and discrimination at his companies,” as the ad’s narrator goes on to say.
View the complete October 29 article by Samantha Putterman on the Politifact.com website here.
Former Republican Senator David Durenberger Endorses Dean Phillips
Durenberger laments the loss of trust and pragmatic problem solving, is optimistic about its return with Dean Phillips in Congress
EXCELSIOR, MN – Today, former Republican Senator David Durenberger endorsed Dean Phillips for Congress, saying:
“We are desperate for representatives we can trust. A leader who inspires rather than degrades. A Congress which pulls the nation together to solve our toughest problems. Dean Phillips’s success in life has been about inspiring trust. Send him to Washington with his inclusive ‘everyone’s invited’ message for America.”
Senator Durenberger served in the U.S. Senate between 1978 and 1995, making him the only Republican senator from Minnesota to be elected to three terms. Senator Durenberger was a leader in bipartisan health care reform during his time in the Senate, and chaired the National Institute of Health Policy after he left public office.
Senator Durenberger joins Republican MN Governor Arne Carlson and thousands of former Paulsen supporters who are now supporting Dean Phillips. The Star Tribune also endorsed Phillips after five consecutive endorsements for Paulsen. A recent KSTP SurveyUSA Poll showed that 17% of people who voted for Erik Paulsen in 2016 plan to vote for Dean Phillips in 2018.
Former Republican Gov. Arne Carlson Endorses Dean Phillips
Carlson cites the need for a return of decency and respect
EXCELSIOR, MN – Former Republican Governor Arne Carlson enthusiastically endorsed Dean Phillips for Congress this week. Carlson joins thousands of Republicans and former Paulsen supporters who are now supporting Dean, as well as the Star Tribune, which endorsed Phillips after five consecutive endorsements for Paulsen. A recent KSTP SurveyUSA Poll showed that 17% of people who voted for Erik Paulsen in 2016 plan to vote for Dean Phillips in 2018.
In rolling out the endorsement, Phillips’s campaign released a new online video of a conversation with Gov. Carlson, former Vice President Walter Mondale and Dean. In it, Governor Carlson says, “Extreme partisanship doesn’t get anything done… it produces the kind of divisiveness that we have now in our society. You [Phillips] have the ability to bring people together towards a positive solution.”
In addition to the online video advertisement, Phillips for Congress also announced the placement of outdoor advertising that highlights Governor Carlson’s endorsement:
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Erik Paulsen, Dean Phillips campaigns dispute ads, campaign finance
As Election Day nears, the competitive race for the Third Congressional District seat is becoming increasingly contentious.
U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen faced fresh criticism Friday for a TV ad critical of Democratic opponent Dean Phillips, while Phillips threw in $1.3 million of his own money as he tries unseat Paulsen.
As the Nov. 6 election nears, the competitive race for the Third Congressional District seat is becoming increasingly contentious as Paulsen, a five-term congressman from Eden Prairie, fights for re-election. Phillips, a distillery heir and businessman from Deephaven, is trying to become the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1961.
On Friday, Paulsen was criticized again for making a sexual harassment case part of his campaign. Lori Peterson, a lawyer who represented seven women who sued Allina Health in 2007 over sexual harassment, sent a note Friday to Paulsen’s campaign manager demanding the team stop using the women’s story in the TV ads, which call Phillips “shady” and charge that he “did nothing” to combat the harassment when he was on Allina’s board of directors from 2005 to 2011.
View the complete October 26 article by Kelly Smith on the Star Tribune website here.
Paulsen’s Lies Not Limited to TV: Debunked Claims Hit Mailboxes Too
A dark secret: Paulsen and his special interest patrons are waging a disinformation campaign in MN03 mailboxes
EXCELSIOR, MN – Congressman Erik Paulsen’s coordinated negative television campaign has earned him unprecedented scrutiny from local fact checkers, but another tactic has earned him less scrutiny, with dozens of special interest-funded mailers containing the same objectively false claims landing in mailboxes across the Third District.
“Voters in Minnesota’s Third District have been subjected to a barrage of objectively false claims on TV and in their mailboxes thanks to Erik Paulsen and his special interest funders,” said Zach Rodvold, campaign manager for Phillips for Congress. “The pieces are too numerous to track, and have no regard for fact or truth — oftentimes coming from dark money groups who operate with no transparency. Congressman Paulsen and his special interest patrons have shown an unrelenting commitment to buying this election, and embracing Donald Trump’s propensity for lies and personal slander on the campaign trail as much as they have his policies in Washington.”
Congressman Paulsen has raised over $2.7 million from PACs – the fourth most of anyone in Congress – and used the money to run an unprecedentedly negative campaign that has been called inappropriate, reckless, false, distorted, not even in the same time zone as truth, extremely misleading, just plain false, and wildly out of context by independent journalists, community leaders, sexual harassment survivors, and Democrats, independents, and Republicans alike. While the TV ads have been the subject of scrutiny by independent fact checkers, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of deceptive direct mail has gone unnoticed.
Here are just some of the outrageous claims being delivered to mailboxes across the district:
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Dean Phillips is a fresh voice for the Third District
He would help move Congress back toward more civil, fact-based representation.
Dean Phillips is a fresh, positive voice on Minnesota’s political scene who could be part of a new generation in Congress that moves this country back to a more civil, fact-based, grass-roots representation. Despite the Editorial Board’s past support for Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen — and respect for his bipartisan accomplishments in Congress — Phillips earned our endorsement in the Third Congressional District.
Phillips, 49, has described himself as fiscally responsible, socially inclusive and independent-minded. That’s a plus in a Congress filled with those taking marching orders from their caucus. A driving motivation behind Phillips’ campaign has been, as he calls it, “reducing the influence of affluence” in politics. He takes no corporate or PAC money, relying instead on individual contributions. That stance goes a long way to ensuring a level of independence for a new legislator.
In contrast to Paulsen, 53, who has stubbornly stuck mostly to screened telephone forums and other controlled settings, Phillips has been more than willing to engage with voters, stopping his campaign truck for spontaneous interactions. He’s held educational forums on issues — a practice he says he would maintain if elected. Continue reading “Dean Phillips is a fresh voice for the Third District”
Phillips stands out in congressional race
In the race to Election Day, one congressional candidate has chosen to flood the airwaves with negative, divisive, and knowingly inaccurate ads. In contrast, Dean Phillips has offered a fresh, positive, and inclusive vision for our district.
In the upcoming election we have the choice to reject the culture of division and fear that the current administration has presented, and that Congressman Erik Paulsen has adopted, and come together to find positive solutions to the significant problems that we face.
Dean Phillips is already serving our community by providing positive and principled leadership. “Everyone’s Invited” is not only the slogan but the guiding principle of a campaign that has been built around listening to all the voices within our community. He’s present and available to the constituents that he seeks to represent. He has clear plans to move us forward and through the challenges ahead of us, leading to a brighter version of who we can be.
Dean has stepped forward into a vacuum of leadership and is showing us a better way, even before being elected. He deserves our vote and our support.
Rob Wilcox, Eden Prairie
Eden Prairie News, October 26, 2018