MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (1010 WINS) — President Joe Biden will travel to the Garden State on Thursday to speak at a private fundraiser at Gov. Phil Murphy's home in an effort to raise money for the Democratic Party ahead of next month's midterm elections.
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The event at Murphy's mansion on the Navesink River in Middletown will raise funds for the Democratic National Committee's Grassroots Victory Fund, sources told NJ.com.
Biden is also scheduled to appear Thursday at a New York City fundraiser at the home of James and Katheryn Murdoch to raise money for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Politico reported.
Notably, James is the son of Rupert Murdoch, a media magnate who founded Fox News as well as other conservative-leaning news outlets.
The major fundraising events coincide with the Nov. 8 state elections and battle among both Democrats and Republicans for control of Congress.
The fundraisers — held in lavish Manhattan apartments, drab conference centers and backyard tents glammed up with chandeliers — have been one of the most visible ways Biden has been deployed this election year at a time when his approval ratings remain underwater and many Democrats aren’t eager to stand by him on the campaign trail.
So far this year, Biden has headlined 11 receptions to raise cash directly for the Democratic National Committee, and they have brought in more than $19.6 million, according to the committee. The events have ranged from a $300,000 haul at a yacht club in Portland, Oregon, to a cozy, 18-person affair (with four others on video screens) at Hotel Washington near the White House that took in more than $3 million. A pair of fundraisers at mansions in Southern California during the Summit of the Americas in June raked in $5 million in a matter of hours.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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