Obama to campaign in Michigan and Georgia in final weeks of midterm elections - CNN

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Former President Barack Obama volition question to Atlanta and Detroit for run events successful the last weeks of the midterm elections.

The Democratic Party of Georgia said successful a connection Saturday that Obama volition run with Democratic candidates connected October 28. It was unclear which Democrats the former President would stump with successful Georgia, which is location to high-profile races for politician and US Senate.

Obama volition past articulation Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, among different down-ballot Democrats, astatine a get-out-the-vote rally connected October 29, Whitmer’s squad said successful a statement. Michigan and Georgia also person competitory US House races and captious down-ballot contests, immoderate of which diagnostic GOP nominees who person spread mendacious claims of fraud successful the 2020 statesmanlike election.

The Wisconsin Democratic Party announced connected Friday that Obama would run with Democratic nominees successful Milwaukee, besides connected October 29.

In an interrogation with “Pod Save America” that aired Friday night, Obama pointed to down-ballot races arsenic an important trial for the Democratic Party.

“One of the things I privation to stress successful this midterm is the value of looking not conscionable astatine the apical of the ballot, but each the mode down the bottom, due to the fact that determination are governor’s races, caput of state’s races, authorities legislative races that are going to truly matter,” helium said. “It whitethorn crook retired that successful a adjacent statesmanlike predetermination astatine immoderate point, certification of an predetermination successful a cardinal plaything authorities whitethorn beryllium astatine issue. And, it’s going to a beryllium truly important that we person radical determination who play it straight.”

Obama won some Wisconsin and Michigan successful 2008 and 2012. He did not triumph Georgia successful either statesmanlike campaign, but now-President Joe Biden won the state successful 2020, becoming the archetypal Democratic statesmanlike campaigner to bash truthful since Bill Clinton successful 1992.

“Given the precocious stakes of this year’s midterm elections, President Obama wants to bash his portion to assistance Democrats triumph adjacent month,” an Obama spokesperson told CNN. “This is wherefore helium headlined 4 concern events successful caller months for the cardinal run committees and volition run successful targeted states arsenic portion of Democrats’ last GOTV stretch. He looks guardant to stumping for candidates up and down the ballot, particularly successful races and states that volition person consequences for the medication of 2024 elections.”

The erstwhile President headlined a fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee connected August 31, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee connected September 8, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee connected September 28, and the Democratic National Committee connected September 29.

This communicative has been updated with further details.