The Dean Team has a big day coming up.
On Sunday, May 6, they’ll be exactly 6 month away from Election Day. To mark this pivotal deadline, they’re throwing a party!
And, it’s not one party. In fact, the #DeanTeam members are hosting DOZENS of house parties this Sunday to celebrate their incredible progress and invoice new voices to join the team.
The following article by Patty Dexter was posted on the Eden Prairie News website April 17, 2018:
Dean Phillips earned the DFL Party’s endorsement of his campaign on April 14 to challenge Republican incumbent Rep. Erik Paulsen in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District this fall.
Phillips entered the race in May of 2017 and has built a large, grassroots campaign based on invitations and conversations with people of all political perspectives, according to a news release.
“Representation begins with listening, and I’ve spent the last year listening to the stories of thousands residents of the 3rd District who face great challenges, but remain hopeful in uncertain times,” said Phillips said. “This district demands responsible, inclusive and independent-minded leadership, and in the great Minnesota tradition, I plan to bring that to Washington. I’m looking forward to the campaign ahead – and to hearing from more of those I hope to represent.”
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Dean is the son of a soldier, who gave his life in Vietnam. He was raised on principle and pride in work that led him to become an entrepreneur dedicated to the common good. He’s a dad with two loving daughters.
Now, he’s the DFL candidate who’ll be our new Congressman this November. We’re so excited he’s become our candidate.
Please visit his website and join the Dean Team.
Yesterday, Rep. Keith Ellison appeared with Esme Murphy Sunday morning, April 15, 2017, talking about what he thinks about Democrats’ chances this November:
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The following article was posted on the WCCO TV website April 14, 2018:
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Businessman Dean Phillips will be the DFL challenger to Rep. Erik Paulsen in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District.
Phillips announced his intention to run last spring. Paulsen, first elected in 2008, is now serving his fifth term in the district.
Phillips’ family started Phillips Distilling Co., a Minneapolis company that created Phillips Vodka and Prairie Organic Spirits. He also owned Talenti Gelato. He has sold both of those businesses and in recent years has worked on philanthropic issues and co-founded Penny’s Coffee, a Minneapolis coffee shop near downtown.
Paulsen defeated State Sen. Terri Bonoff in 2016. Bonoff and the Democrats tried to tie Paulsen to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, though Paulsen never endorsed Trump. Paulsen attacked Bonoff as being an out-of-touch liberal, prone to spending sprees.
The 3rd District encompasses Minneapolis’ western suburbs, from Maple Grove and Brooklyn Park in the north to Wayzata and St. Louis Park in the west, and with Bloomington, Eden Prairie and Chaska in the southwest.
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Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party Chairman Ken Martin today released the following statement congratulating Dean Phillips on his DFL endorsement for the Third Congressional District.
“Congratulations to Dean Phillips on his endorsement for Minnesota’s Third Congressional District. While Erik Paulsen dodges his constituents, Dean has brought his historic grassroots campaign directly to the people. He has spent the last ten months traveling the Third District and engaging in meaningful conversations with people of all backgrounds.”
“Dean Phillips understands that representation begins with listening. The DFL is excited to work with him to usher in a new era of courageous, bold leadership for the Third Congressional District.”
The video below was posted on the Dean Phillips for Congress website November 21, 2017:
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Dean Phillips’s life did not begin as many expect. His birth father, Artie Pfefer, was killed in Vietnam when Dean was just six months old. Two years later, his mother DeeDee married Eddie Phillips, who adopted Dean and both nurtured and mentored him until his
untimely passing in 2011. Dean attended elementary school in Edina and grew up playing hockey and wading in Nine Mile Creek. After graduating college, Dean worked his way up at the family business, eventually becoming CEO of Phillips Distilling Company. He later left to help turn Talenti Gelato into the best-selling gelato brand, and now co-owns and operates Penny’s Coffee, a small business where they voluntarily pay their employees a livable wage. Dean has two daughters, Daniela (19) and Pia (17) and a new dog named Henry. He is running for Congress to bring inclusive, responsible and independent-minded leadership back to Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District.
