Florida Democrats Poised to Lock out Biden’s Challengers in State Primary

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.)(R) holds a rally outside of the N.H. Statehouse after handing over his declaration of candidacy form for President to the New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan in Concord, N.H., on Oct. 27, 2023. Gaelen Morse/Getty Images

The Florida Democratic Party appears poised to limit the number of candidates in its 2024 presidential primary contest to just President Joe Biden, effectively handing him a victory in the state contest and narrowing his primary challengers’ chances to win their party’s presidential nomination.

President Biden currently faces primary challenges from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and self-help author Marianne Williamson. Until recently, environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had also challenged President Biden for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination but decided to launch a new presidential campaign as an independent candidate.