Dean Phillips

Dean Benson Phillips[1] (born January 20, 1969)[2] is an American businessman and politician from the state of Minnesota. A Democrat, he is the member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district, having defeated Republican incumbent Erik Paulsen in the 2018 midterm election. The district is located in the western portion of the Twin Cities metropolitan area and includes Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Edina, Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Plymouth and Wayzata.

Dean Phillips
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 3rd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded byErik Paulsen
Personal details
Born (1969-01-20) January 20, 1969
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children2
EducationBrown University (AB)
University of Minnesota (MBA)
WebsiteHouse website

Early life, education, and career

Phillips was born to DeeDee (Cohen) and Artie Pfefer in 1969.[3] Artie was killed in the Vietnam War when Dean was six months old. DeeDee later married Eddie Phillips, heir to the Phillips Distilling Company and son of Pauline Phillips.[4]

Phillips graduated from Brown University in 1991 and is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He worked for bicycle equipment and apparel company InMotion for two years, then joined the family company. He completed his Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota in 2000, and was named president of Phillips Distilling.[4] He lives in Deephaven, west of Minneapolis.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections
Phillips addresses the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party State Central Committee in 2018
Dean Phillips for Congress campaign booth at the Minnesota State Fair

In the 2018 elections, Phillips ran for the United States House of Representatives in Minnesota's 3rd congressional district.[5] In the Democratic primary Phillips ran against former sales associate Cole Young, and received 81.6% of the vote. Phillips won all 3 counties in the district.[6]

Phillips won the race, defeating incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen with 55.6% of the vote.[7] When he took office in 2019, he became the first Democrat to hold this seat since 1961.

Tenure

According to the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, Phillips held a Bipartisan Index Score of 1.1 in the 116th United States Congress for 2019, which placed him 27th out of 435 members.[8] Based on FiveThirtyEight's congressional vote tracker at ABC News, Phillips voted with Donald Trump's stated public policy positions 5.5% of the time,[9] which ranked him average in the 116th United States Congress when predictive scoring (district partisanship and voting record) is used.[10]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Electoral history
Democratic primary results, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Dean Phillips 56,697 81.6
Democratic (DFL) Cole Young 12,784 18.4
Total votes 69,481 100.0
Minnesota's 3rd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Dean Phillips 202,402 55.6
Republican Erik Paulsen (incumbent) 160,839 44.2
n/a Write-ins 707 0.2
Total votes 363,948 100
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

Personal life

Phillips is married and has two daughters from a previous marriage. Phillips is Jewish[12] and was acknowledged by American Jewish World for serving on the board of Temple Israel in Minneapolis.[13]

Phillips's paternal grandmother Pauline Phillips was the author of the advice column "Dear Abby" under the pen name Abigail Van Buren.[14]

See also

References
  1. "PAGE BY PAGE REPORT DISPLAY FOR 12951451573 (Page 196 of 371)". Docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. "Candidate Conversation - Dean Phillips (DFL) - News & Analysis - Inside Elections". Insideelections.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. "MN-03: Dean Phillips (D)". November 6, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. Erica Rivera (January 24, 2018). "Can charming liquor heir Dean Phillips beat Erik Paulsen, Minnesota's corporate congressman?". City Pages. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  5. "Democrat Phillips defeats incumbent Paulsen in Minnesota's Third District". StarTribune.com. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  6. "Minnesota Primary Election Results: Third House District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  7. "MN Election Results". Electionresults.sos.state.mn.us. Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  8. "The Lugar Center - McCourt School Bipartisan Index House Scores 116th Congress First Session (2019)" (PDF). Georgetown University. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  9. "Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump - Dean Phillips". ABC News. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  10. "Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump". ABC News. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  11. http://www.startribune.com/minnesotans-in-congress-get-troubling-look-at-border-conditions/513518122/
  12. "Dean Phillips & The Road To November 2018". Tcjewfolk.com. May 30, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  13. "Dear Abby asked Dean Phillips for advice". July 25, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  14. Alberta, Tim. "The Democrats' Dilemma". Politi.co. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Erik Paulsen		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
2019–present		 Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Greg Pence		 United States Representatives by seniority
394th		 Succeeded by
Katie Porter
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