The Maryland event raised $1 million, according to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Obama said Democrats have “better” candidates.
Former president Barack Obama called protecting Democrats’ slim majority in the Senate critical during a Wednesday night fundraiser in Maryland that raised $1 million for the effort, according to a transcript provided by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
“By virtue of us having a very slim majority of the Senate, we’ve been able to get some extraordinary things done: prescription drug prices lowered, insulin drugs lowered, historic movement on climate change, an infrastructure bill that is remaking America, getting people back to work, expanding Obamacare,” Obama said at the Potomac fundraiser, according to the transcript of his remarks., and his family “was enabled by values that the Democratic Party has been fighting for, for a very long time.
Obama acknowledged it would take a lot of work and organization to hold on to the Senate, which Democrats narrowly control with 51 seats.several seats in challenging red and purple states , including those held by Sens. Jon Tester in Montana and Sherrod Brown in Ohio. The seat held by retiring Sen Joe Manchin III in West Virginia is all but guaranteed to flip to Republican control, meaning Democrats must run the table on all their other races — and keep the White House — to maintain control in the Senate. It’s a challenging map that has Democrats on the defensive.“The good news is, our candidates, as usual, are better,” Obama said.
The fundraiser was also attended by Sen. Chris Van Hollen , Rep. Jamie Raskin and the daughter of Maryland Democratic Senate candidate Angela D. Alsobrooks.Republican former Maryland governor Larry Hogan in the fall.An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the mother of Angela D. Alsobrooks attended the fundraiser. It was her daughter.
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