Biden campaign concedes race against Trump will be ‘tough’ before Southwest swing

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President Joe Biden‘s campaign acknowledged the general election against former President Donald Trump will be “a tough, close race” as aides outline his strategy to defend his 2020 wins in the Southwest.

Biden is traveling to Arizona and Nevada this week, both of which Biden won in 2020, becoming the first Democrat since President Bill Clinton to win Arizona. Clinton won Arizona in 1996.

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