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Biden fundraiser in NYC with Obama and Clinton nets a whopping $25M, campaign says. It’s a record​

FILE - President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and former President Bill Clinton attend at a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are teaming up with President Joe Biden for a glitzy reelection fundraiser Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The event brings together more than three decades of Democratic leadership. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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FILE - President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and former President Bill Clinton attend at a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are teaming up with President Joe Biden for a glitzy reelection fundraiser Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The event brings together more than three decades of Democratic leadership. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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FILE - New York's Radio City Music Hall, a property of Cablevison Systems Corp., is seen in this photo, Wednesday May 2, 2007. Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are teaming up with President Joe Biden for a glitzy reelection fundraiser Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The event brings together more than three decades of Democratic leadership. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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FILE - New York’s Radio City Music Hall, a property of Cablevison Systems Corp., is seen in this photo, Wednesday May 2, 2007. Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are teaming up with President Joe Biden for a glitzy reelection fundraiser Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The event brings together more than three decades of Democratic leadership. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on the economy March 19, 2024, in Las Vegas. Former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama will join Biden on Thursday, March 28,, in New York City for a one-of-a-kind Democratic extravaganza that's expected to expand the party's already significant cash advantage over Republicans this year. The event will be moderated by Stephen Colbert. (AP Photo/Lucas Peltier, File)

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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on the economy March 19, 2024, in Las Vegas. Former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama will join Biden on Thursday, March 28,, in New York City for a one-of-a-kind Democratic extravaganza that’s expected to expand the party’s already significant cash advantage over Republicans this year. The event will be moderated by Stephen Colbert. (AP Photo/Lucas Peltier, File)
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BY CHRIS MEGERIAN AND COLLEEN LONG
Updated 8:23 AM EDT, March 28, 2024
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million, setting a record for the biggest haul for a political event, his campaign said.
The eye-popping amount was a major show of Democratic support for Biden at a time of persistently low poll numbers. The president will test the power of the campaign cash as he faces off with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has already proved with his 2016 win over Democrat Hillary Clinton that he didn’t need to raise the most money to seize the presidency.
The Radio City Music Hall event will be a gilded exclamation mark on a recent burst of presidential campaign travel. Biden has visited several political battlegrounds in the three weeks since his State of the Union address served as a rallying cry for his reelection bid. The event also brings together more than three decades of Democratic leadership.

The hourslong event has different tiers of access depending on donors’ generosity. The centerpiece is an onstage conversation with the three presidents, moderated by late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert. There’s also a lineup of musical performers — Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo and Lea Michele — that will be hosted by actress Mindy Kaling. Thousands are expected, and tickets are as low as $225.
 
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