September 19, 2024--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As the November elections draw near, presidential and vice-presidential candidate visits to battleground states such as Wisconsin are a near-daily occurrence. The candidates typically come for cheering crowds, and sometimes they leave with checks from fundraisers. President Joe Biden, however, who is not running for re-election, recently visited Wisconsin to drop off a check--a nearly $573 million grant and loan package to support clean energy development in rural America.