Biden Challenger Drops Out of Primary After Failing to Win a Single State
The Democratic primary field is winnowing after the President Joe Biden almost accomplished a clean sweep on Super Tuesday. On Wednesday, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) announced he would be suspending his long shot…
The Democratic primary field is winnowing after the President Joe Biden almost accomplished a clean sweep on Super Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) announced he would be suspending his long shot campaign for president.
Phillips had ran his campaign arguing Biden is too old for re-election.
However, he failed to gain traction and he did not win a single primary.
In Michigan, Phillips won less votes than author Marianne Williamson — who had suspended her campaign but rejoined the race after the results on the state.
On Tuesday, neither Phillips nor Williamson won a primary.
However, Biden did not walk away from the night winning every election.
On Tuesday, Biden lost the caucuses in American Samoa to Jason Palmer — a candidate Axios described as “a previously little known longshot challenger.”
Palmer’s win marked the first time in 44 years an incumbent president lost a primary.
Phillips reacted to the results on Tuesday night, writing, “Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, and Nikki Haley for demonstrating more appeal to Democratic Party loyalists than me.”