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Edward Helmore in New York

Dean Phillips, early Democratic critic of Biden, reflects on party’s presidential loss

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Dean Phillips in Rochester, New Hampshire, in January 2024. Photograph: Laura Brett/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Dean Phillips, the Democratic representative from Minnesota who bucked his party to become the only elected official to challenge Joe Biden for the Democratic primary earlier this year, has said he is “saddened” by the accuracy of his prediction at the time that the outgoing president could not win re-election.

“If what I feel now is vindication, it’s awfully unsatisfying,” Phillips told Politico, adding: “The fact was, he was not in a position to win. The fact was his approval numbers were historically low. The fact was his physical decline was real.”

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