Biden makes final pitch to save incumbent Democrats
CBSN
President Biden took off on a personal final-days campaign sprint Thursday that reflects the Democrats' major concerns before next week's midterm elections. Mr. Biden's four-state, three-day trip includes California, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
In an urgent plea as his party faces the potential loss of House and Senate control, Mr. Biden asked voters Thursday night to go to the polls to support Democratic candidates, warning that a Republican Congress would reshape America by cutting back on health care and threatening abortion rights and retirement security.
Speaking in San Diego County, California, at an evening rally in support of endangered Democratic Rep. Mike Levin, the president said the outcome of the election would "determine the direction of the country for at least a decade or more."

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