The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered election officials to include presidential hopeful Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) on the state’s Democratic primary ballot Friday.
The unanimous ruling claimed Democrats on the bipartisan presidential selection committee should have held a discussion about including Phillips. The court’s decision means the long-shot candidate will appear on the April 2 primary ballot against President Biden, The Associated Press reported .
Phillips, who launched his bid against Biden in October, has vowed to file challenges in several states that left him off the ballot.
In December, Phillips said he would challenge the Democratic National Committee and several states — including Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee — for leaving him, and other Democratic candidates, off the ballots.
He filed a lawsuit Jan. 26 with the Wisconsin Elections Commission, demanding his name be added after he was excluded following a Jan. 2 meeting, the AP reported.
Phillips argued he met the criteria in the state for ballot access, which states that a candidate must be “generally advocated or recognized in the national news media.”