WASHINGTON (AP) ― Hillary Rodham Clinton is hitting the campaign trail for Democrats in October, lending her name and support in key races for Senate and governor as she considers another White House bid in 2016.
The former secretary of state plans to campaign for Senate candidates in six states: Iowa, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia and Kentucky. The schedule will take her across a competitive Senate landscape for Democrats seeking to maintain their majority during President Barack Obama’s final two years. The Republicans, who are expected to keep their majority in the House of Representatives, need only six seats to take control of the Senate.
Clinton has said she expects to decide whether to run for president again around the beginning of 2015, but the campaign travel before the midterm elections will help her connect with Democratic partisans, donors and voters who could fuel a second White House race. Along with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, the former New York senator is the most sought-after fundraiser and surrogate for Democrats this year in a challenging political climate.
Clinton also intends to help out gubernatorial campaigns in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Illinois.
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