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Democratic group American Bridge plans $100 million midterm campaign to back President Biden

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February 5, 2021 at 11:36 a.m. EST
President Biden waves as he arrives at the White House after a trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a visit with wounded service members on Jan. 29. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)

The Democratic group American Bridge, which spent about $62 million on ads in 2020 to defeat President Donald Trump, plans to relaunch next month with a new effort aimed at defending the record of President Biden and a nine-figure ad budget to maintain Democratic congressional majorities through the midterm elections.

Former Montana governor Steve Bullock, former Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez and former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards will join as co-chairs, according to a statement from the group. They will join former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, who began advising the group last year.