SAN JOSE — With his potential successors dominating the airwaves, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will arrive in the Bay Area for two fundraisers — including one at the home of a Hillary Clinton donor whose own political ambitions may have been damaged by recent bad press.

Steve Westly, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and possible 2018 candidate for California governor, will host Obama at his Atherton home Thursday morning to raise money for the Democratic National Committee. Obama that day also will be attending a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Obama will come to the Bay Area after his weeklong trip starts Wednesday in Springfield, Illinois, where the president first announced his candidacy nine years ago. After leaving the Bay Area, Obama will fly to Los Angeles, where he will appear Friday on comedian Ellen DeGeneres’ show. He’ll spend his weekend in the Palm Springs area, where he’ll host a summit Monday and Tuesday with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Rancho Mirage.

Obama also will attend DNC fundraisers in Los Angeles. The committee tasked with electing Democrats trails its Republican counterpart in available cash $60.5 million to $46.2 million, according to the Federal Election Commission.

This will be the president’s first Bay Area visit of the year. He made three trips last year, including an October fundraiser featuring rapper Kanye West.

Tickets for the fundraiser at Westly’s home cost $250 for general admission, $1,000 for premium seating, $10,000 for a photo with the president and $25,000 to be a “special guest.”

No details were released about the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee event.

Westly, a former state controller who has donated to Clinton several times over the past decade, spent more than $35 million on his unsuccessful 2006 run for governor.

He is reportedly considering another run for the state’s highest office, but he received a setback last fall when The Wall Street Journal reported that he had tried to help a business associate accused of beating his girlfriend by urging him to hire well-connected former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, an attorney.

Obama is expected to fly into Moffett Field in Mountain View late Wednesday afternoon. He will spend the night in the San Jose area, but the White House has not released details about where he will stay.

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