Former President Barack Obama will headline a fundraiser next month to benefit Democratic Senate candidates, according to details first shared with NBC News.
The June 5 event in Potomac, Maryland, will feature Obama and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, the state’s junior senator, discussing “the importance of protecting the Democratic majority in the Senate and what’s at stake in the election,” he said. an aide to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Longtime Democratic donors Jeffrey and Lora Drezner will host the evening fundraiser, according to a copy of the invitation.
“Given the stakes of this election, President Obama will do everything he can to support President Biden’s re-election,” Obama senior adviser Eric Schultz said in a statement released by the former president’s office earlier this year to preview your planned involvement in the 2024 campaigns. “In fact, he hopes to help Democrats at the polls make their case to voters this fall. Our strategy will be based on driving impact, especially where and when your voice can help move the needle.”
This year’s Senate elections could upend party control of the chamber, where Democrats hold a one-seat majority thanks to three party-aligned independent members.
Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Jon Tester of Montana are running for re-election in two states that former President Donald Trump won by large margins. Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania are among the other states hosting key races.
In Van Hollen State, the retirement of Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin touched off a competitive battle between Democratic Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Republican Larry Hogan, a popular former two-term governor.
Nearly eight years after leaving the White House, Obama continues to be one of the Democratic Party’s top fundraising sources. He and former President Bill Clinton joined President Joe Biden in March for an event that Biden’s reelection campaign says raised more than $26 million.
Obama’s office has indicated that he also plans to lend his name this year to fundraising emails and to record announcements and robocalls to candidates in election races.
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