Biden opens first field office in Florida as campaign gains ground in state

After President Joe Biden’s campaign recently declared Florida “winnable,” it has opened its first field office in the state.

The office is in Hillsborough County, the third-largest county in Florida, which contains most of Tampa. The county has voted Democrat in the past two elections, but Republicans are gaining ground in voter registrations there.

That has worried Democrats, with one campaign strategist telling Axios the county must be won in order for the party to have “any future life-force” in Florida. Hillsborough County contributed 376,367 votes for Biden in 2020, the fifth-highest count for the Democrat in the state.

Biden recently campaigned in Tampa, emphasizing abortion rights in the wake of Florida’s six-week abortion ban, which is set to go into effect next week. A

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