LANSING, Mich. – Michigan didn’t go well for Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips. He won only 2.7% of the vote in the state’s Democratic presidential primary. President Biden was the run-away leader with 81%. Biden will be taking all 86 Michigan delegates to the national Democratic convention in Milwaukee this summer. Notable points:
> 13.2 % of voters marked their ballots “uncommitted” after a campaign led by native Palestinians, a large Michigan voting bloc, to send a message to Biden about ineffectual U.S. attempts ameliorate Israel’s Gaza aggression.
> 3.0% voted for feel-good author Marianne Williams, who had abandoned her candidacy but whose name was already printed on ballots.
Phillips, from Minnesota Congressional District 3, has had a difficult message: That Biden has been superb president but is too old. Phillips had hoped to gain momentum against Biden in Michigan, but he did even poorer than in New Hampshire three weeks earlier where he had 20%. Also: Phillips won less than 3% in the South Carolina primary.
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Verbatim
Phillips: “”If you resent me for the audacity to challenge Joe Biden, at least you’ll appreciate how relatively stronger I’m making him look among primary voters.”