Biden launches final, four-state campaign swing
With just days left before the midterm elections, President Joe Biden is set to travel to four states, starting with New Mexico on Thursday.
Biden will deliver remarks on student debt relief at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before participating in a rally for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is facing a challenge from former TV meteorologist and GOP nominee Mark Ronchetti.
Later Thursday, the president will travel to the San Diego area for an event for Rep. Mike Levin at MiraCosta College. Republican nominee Brian Maryott has gone after Levin over inflation, gas prices and rising crime.
Biden will spend part of Friday and Saturday in Chicago to campaign for Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., who is facing a stiff challenge from Republican Keith Pekau. The president will then head to Pennsylvania to campaign with former President Barack Obama for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro, who faces GOP candidate Doug Mastriano, and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, who is locked in a close race with Republican Mehmet Oz that could determine which party controls the Senate.
The itinerary illustrates Biden’s limited political clout and suggests the president, whose approval rating remains underwater, has concluded he can be most effective by shoring up support for Democratic candidates in areas he easily won in 2020.
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