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U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips announced his presidential bid in New Hampshire, suggesting he might compete in the state's thus-far unsanctioned primary.“I am, I have to,” Phillips told CBS News’ Robert Costa. “I think President Biden has done a spectacular job for our country. But it’s not about the past, this is an election about the future.
“Nobody wants to be the one to do something that would undermine the chances of a Democratic victory in 2024,” Phillipsin February. “Yet in quiet rooms the conversation is just the opposite — we could be at a higher risk if this path is cleared.” Phillips is expected to make an official announcement outside New Hampshire’s state capitol on Friday. The location suggests an interest in testing his mettle with the state’s famously independent-minded Democratic primary voters. While New Hampshire has not yet set a date for its 2024 presidential primary, Granite State law requires the state to host a primary before any other state in the country.
New Hampshire is poised, however, to violate the Democratic National Committee’s rules and, in the process, limit its role in the official nominating contest. In February, the DNCa new primary calendar in which South Carolina would go first.
If successful, Phillips would make history as the first Jewish presidential nominee of one of the two main political parties.Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners.
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