Obama planning first post-2020 fundraiser

Former President Obama is set to return to the political fundraising circuit later this month for his first post-2020 appearance.

Obama is slated to be a “featured guest” at a virtual National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) fundraiser scheduled to take place on June 28, according to a copy of the invitation obtained by Politico.

The event will be “an intimate virtual discussion about voter suppression and redistricting benefitting,” organizers said.

Eric Holder, the chairman of the NDRC and a former attorney general under Obama, will also be in attendance, as will Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

The campaign arm of the NDRC launched a national TV ad campaign last week in support of the For the People Act, a sweeping voting rights bill backed by congressional Democrats.

The seven-figure ad buy, which focuses on the influence of corporate donations, dark money and gerrymandering on voting rights, will run until Monday.

The House in March passed the For the People Act largely along party lines in a 220 to 210 vote.

The legislation has since stalled in the Senate and now faces an uphill battle after moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) announced that he will vote against the bill.

The measure appears unlikely to attract the bipartisan 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster, or the 50 votes necessary to pass if the party decides to nix the legislative hurdle.