Barack Obama to campaign in Michigan and Georgia

former president Barack Obama will travel to Atlanta and Detroit for last week’s campaign activities. midterm elections.

Democratic Party Georgia It said in a statement on Saturday that Obama would campaign against Democratic candidates on Oct. 28.(Barack Obama to campaign in Michigan) It was It is unclear which Democratic Party former president will stumble upon in Georgia which is the home of Excellent history Competition for Governor and US Senate.

Obama will then join Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist among Democratic voters at the Oct. 29 rally for the ballot, Whitmer’s team said in a statement. Michigan and Georgia There are also US House of Representatives contests and major ballot contests. some of which have GOP nominees that have Spreading False Claims of Fraud in the 2020 presidential election

the Wisconsin Democrats announced Friday that Obama will also campaign with the Democratic nominee in Milwaukee on Oct. 29.

In an interview with “Pod Save America,” airing Friday night, Obama points to the vote as an important test for the Democratic Party.

“One thing I would like to highlight in the midterm is the importance of not just looking at the top of the ballot. But look down at the bottom. because of the ethnicity of the governor Secretary of the Racial Council The state legislature “It’s going to be really important,” he said. Electoral assurance in major swing states can be problematic. And it will be very important that we have people who play honestly.”

Obama won both Wisconsin and Michigan in 2008 and 2012. He hasn’t beaten Georgia in both of his presidential campaigns, but now-President Joe Biden win the state in 2020became the first Democratic presidential candidate to do so since Bill Clinton in 1992.

“With the high stakes of this year’s midterm elections President Obama wants to do his part to help Democrats win next month,” an Obama spokesperson told CNN. “This is why he has made four headlines on financial activity in the past few months for key campaign committees. and will campaign in the target state as part of the Democrats’ final GOTV. He looks forward to thwarting candidates, especially in the race and the state that will have consequences for the 2024 election administration.”

The former president headlined a fundraising event for the Democratic National Committee on Aug. 31. Democratic Senator Campaign Committee On September 8 at Democratic Parliamentary Campaign Committee on September 28 and the Democratic National Committee on September 29.