Obama will rally with Democrats in Ga, Mi, Wis.
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Former President Barack Obama is headed to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in the closing days of the 2022 campaign to give a boost to Democrats running for governor, senator and on down the ballot.
He goes first to Atlanta, where Stacey Abrams is taking on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Nov. 8. She lost a close race to him in 2018 .
FILE – Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams poses for a portrait in front of the State Seal of Georgia on Aug. 8, 2022, in Decatur, Ga. Abrams argues Georgia needs an economic policy that focuses more on investing in people and less on lower taxes. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
As in 2020, Georgia also may once again decide which party controls the Senate. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is facing a challenge from Republican Herschel Walker , a football star making his first bid for public office.
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
After campaigning in Atlanta on Oct. 28, Obama plans stops the following day in Detroit and Milwaukee for events to help get out the vote.
In Michigan, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is running against Tudor Dixon , a onetime commentator for a conservative online program who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attends an event with President Joe Biden in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in Washington. Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are showing jurors profanity-filled messages and social media posts on Thursday, March 10, by two of the men, some months before the FBI got involved in the case.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Michigan voters also are deciding whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
In Wisconsin, Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes is trying to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and become the state’s first Black senator.
FILE – Wisconsin Lt. Gov. and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes participates in a televised Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate debate in Milwaukee, July 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Barnes, who is from Milwaukee, the state’s largest city and home to the largest group of African American voters, has been trying to energize Black voters in a race that a Marquette University Law School poll this past week showed Johnson with an apparent lead.
FILE – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers addresses a joint session of the Legislature in the Assembly chambers at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. on Feb. 15, 2022. Wisconsin Democrats gathering for their annual state convention this weekend are focused on reelecting Gov. Evers and defeating Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, but also know that history is against them in the midterm year as voters face high inflation, rising gas prices and growing concerns about a recession. Evers and Democratic candidates seeking to take on Johnson are slated to speak at the convention. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)
Obama also hopes to give a boost to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who is being challenged by Tim Michels , a construction company co-owner who is endorsed by Trump. Marquette polls for months have shown that race to be about even.
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