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Democratic lieutenant governors mobilize cash as early backers of Biden-Harris ticket

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Top Democratic lieutenants are raising their hands to play a key role in Biden’s 2024 reelection. Their plans were shared first with ABC News. Road to '24 ABC News Photo Illustration / Alex Gilbeaux An eager bench of Democrats will spend heavily to stake out positions as early supporters of President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign ahead of his expected announcement, which could come as soon as this week. On Monday, a national Democratic committee tasked with electing lieutenant governors nationwide announced plans to spend nearly $1 million to mobilize the country’s 25 Democratic occupants of that office, shoring up votes in key states for the Biden-Harris ticket. President Joe Biden is greeted by Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II as he steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Michigan on November 17, 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association’s “2024 Mobilization Projec...

3 Democratic governors are raising their profiles, which could chart paths to White House: Experts

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer new PAC puts a spotlight on her, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Gov. J.B. Pritzker, whose presidential aspirations are often a subject of discussion. When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan announced the start last week of a political group to boost President Joe Biden's reelection campaign and elevate other Democrats, she raised her own standing, too -- and drew the spotlight back to her and two other high-profile governor s in the party whose presidential aspirations are often a subject of discussion. Whitmer's creation of the Fight Like Hell political action committee -- which takes its name from her outcry after the Supreme Court decision overruling Roe v. Wade last year -- puts her in the ranks of Democratic Govs. Gavin Newsom of California and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, whose involvement in national policy debates and fundraising for federal 2024 races could help them chart courses for their own futures in office, including presidential candidacies, analysts ...