Biden Campaign Kicks Off General Election With $30 Million Ad Plan, Battleground Rallies

The Biden campaign will kick off the general election season with a $30 million ad spend, according to a statement from the president’s reelection effort. On March 8, following his overtly political State of the Union address the previous evening, President Joe Biden’s principal campaign committee, Biden for President, announced it would “launch a $30 million, six-week paid media campaign, dramatically expand volunteer engagement, multiply our battleground staff, and launch key coalition groups.” The release said the committee had its “best fundraising day since launch” on March 7, fueled by the presidential address. That followed on the heels of what it called the “best grassroots fundraising month since the campaign’s launch.”...