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Tue Jul 9, 2024, 04:51 AM Jul 2024

Gavin Newsom works to bolster Biden in a swing-state tour that could boost both their ambitions

https://apnews.com/article/gavin-newsom-biden-president-democrat-new-hampshire-09d4b827dd4be869245fa790907c81be

Gavin Newsom works to bolster Biden in a swing-state tour that could boost both their ambitions

BY STEVE PEOPLES AND HOLLY RAMER
Updated 10:02 PM EDT, July 8, 2024

HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) — For years, Gavin Newsom stayed far away from New Hampshire by design.

The ambitious California governor understood that any visit to a bastion of presidential politics would fuel speculation that he might be eyeing President Joe Biden’s job. But on Monday, with Biden fighting an existential political crisis, the embattled president dispatched Newsom to New Hampshire to help rescue his flailing campaign.

It was the latest and perhaps most significant stop in a multi-state tour for Newsom, who has emerged as Biden’s most prominent battleground-state defender.

“I decided instead of just rolling over and giving up, that I would step up and pick up the fight,” Newsom told reporters at a highway rest stop in his first public appearance in the state as an elected official. He said of Biden, “He’s going to be our nominee.”

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