Biden to make a big fundraising swing through the Tri-State area

President Joe Biden is continuing his prodigious fundraising swing next week, with a new stop scheduled in New Jersey.

Biden is set to appear at the home of Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO. The Red Bank stop was described by a person familiar with it as a “million dollar fundraiser” for the Democratic National Committee’s grassroots victory fund.

It will be, at least, the second major fundraiser for Biden that day. The president is also scheduled to appear at a New York City fundraiser at the home of James and Kathryn Murdoch. That event will help raise cash for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and will feature Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as well as DSCC Chair Gary Peters (D-Mich.).

Biden has been ramping up his fundraising activities as the midterms approach, hoping that an infusion of cash will help his party retain control of Congress. Murphy, meanwhile, has emerged among Democratic governors as an increasingly major player on the national scene.

The New Jersey Democrat and Biden have forged a close relationship during the president’s tenure in office with members from the Biden administration making frequent appearances in the state in recent months including U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine.

Murphy has made multiple trips to D.C. both in his capacity as head of the Democratic Governors Association and to meet with Biden officials and First Lady Jill Biden to discuss the teacher shortage.

Murphy is also widely rumored to be considering a presidential run should Biden decide not to seek a second term.