Dean Phillips Officially Ends His Quixotic Campaign

After spending millions of his own dollars, a rocky campaign launch, a disappointing all-or-nothing gambit in New Hampshire, and a string of blowout defeats in every state primary after, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) finally dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed President Joe Biden.

Phillips announced his decision on Minnesota radio station WCCO on Wednesday afternoon, hours after another election night in which he failed to generate much more than marginal support for his longshot campaign.

While he reiterated the core conceit of his bid—that Biden was too old to effectively run against Donald Trump—Phillips praised the president's "integrity" and decency" and urged his supporters, as well as those of Nikki Haley and those who protested Biden's Israel stance with an "uncommitted" vote, to back Biden.

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