Posted on 11/01/2025 2:09:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama will headline rallies Saturday for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, corralling voters ahead of elections that may signal the national mood 10 months into Donald Trump’s second presidency and a year ahead of midterm elections that could reshape it.
Republicans in those states are stumping as well on the final weekend of campaigning before Tuesday’s elections, but without the national star power.
And on the west coast, California advocates are making a final push ahead of a statewide referendum over whether to redraw the state’s congressional map in Democrats’ favor. The effort backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom is part of a national redistricting battle that began when Trump urged GOP-run states to help him keep a friendly House majority in 2026.
Obama, the Democrat whom Trump succeeded when he first assumed the presidency, will appear first Saturday with Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger in Norfolk. Obama then travels to New Jersey for an evening rally with Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mikie Sherrill in Newark. Both events put the nation’s first Black president in areas where Black voter turnout is key for Democratic victories.
Virginia Republican nominee Winsome Earle-Sears, the current lieutenant governor, and New Jersey Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a former state lawmaker, have busy itineraries, as well.
The Virginia contest ensures the election of the first woman to lead the Commonwealth. If elected, Earle-Sears would be the first Black woman elected governor of any state.
Democrats need strong Black turnout
Democratic Virginia House Speaker Don Scott brushed off questions about whether Obama was needed to help turn out Black voters who are key to Democrats’ coalition of voters, saying his popularity spans racial lines.
“Black folks and white folks are inspired by his leadership. They’re inspired...”
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On the road schlubbing for governors. How the mighty has fallen.
I’m not sure that 0bama has anymore the cachet he once had among the Democrats.
Is he an asset or a detriment to a campaign these days??
Well, maybe we will soon see.
Vote for the black woman!
Did he ever? I don’t know of many elections other then his own where his endorsement did any good. Usually a sign of desperation & low black turn out.
AP and CNN are having orgasms about obongo swooping in.
Democrats must not be doing well on internal polls if they’re trotting out traitor obama
What, no Bidung? The last I heard from the press is he was a splendid President, sharp as a whip. And he only recently left office. It’s been almost a decade since Boombamba was in office, destroying the country and helping Iran.
Black vote lagging.
The internal polls must be a tad different than what we’ve been led to believe.
The only to get a message across to odoofus the illegal islamic is for Republicans to take both gubernatorial elections.
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