Dean Phillips
Democrat Representative of Minnesota's 3rd district
Representative
Minnesota, district 3
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Minnesota, district 3
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Minnesota, district 3
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
3
Congresses Served
3
House Terms
January 20, 1969 (55 years old)
Birthday
- American businessman and politician
- Former candidate for the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nomination
- Served as U.S. representative since 2019
- Owned and started several companies
- Former president and CEO of a family liquor business
- Former co-owner of Talenti gelato and co-owns a coffee shop chain
- Announced not running for reelection to congressional seat in 2023
- First elected in 2018 by defeating a six-term Republican incumbent
- First Democrat to win his district’s seat since 1958 and has been reelected twice
- Consistently voted in support of President Joe Biden’s positions
- One of the wealthiest members of Congress with a net worth of $77 million in 2018
- Unsuccessfully challenged Biden for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 presidential election
- Raised Jewish and moved during early childhood
- Graduated from Brown University and completed an MBA at the University of Minnesota
- Served as president and CEO of the family’s distilling company from 2000 to 2012
- Voted with President Biden’s positions 100% of the time according to FiveThirtyEight
- Signed on as a co-sponsor of the Medicare for All Act in 2023
- Committee assignments include the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Small Business
- Member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, New Democrat Coalition, and Problem Solvers Caucus
- Received endorsements from notable figures and organizations during his presidential campaign
- Suspended his presidential campaign in 2024 and endorsed Joe Biden
- Married with two daughters from a previous marriage
- Adoptive paternal grandmother was the author of the “Dear Abby” advice column