Former President Barack Obama is scheduled to campaign with former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe in his bid for a second term, the Democratic nominee’s campaign announced Tuesday.
During an interview Tuesday on MSNBC, after touting Obama joining him on the campaign trail, McAuliffe said, “The stakes are so huge.”
FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN TO CAMPAIGN WITH TERRY MCAULIFFE AMID TIGHT VIRGINIA GOVERNOR’S RACE
Obama will campaign with McAuliffe on Oct. 23 in Richmond, shortly before Old Dominion’s Nov. 2 election.
Virginia bars its governors from serving consecutive terms, the only state with such a restriction. McAuliffe was previously governor of Virginia from 2014-18. Prior to serving as governor, he chaired the Democratic National Committee from 2001-05.
McAuliffe’s campaign has sought to draw comparisons between his Republican rival, Glenn Youngkin, and former President Donald Trump, who lost Virginia in last year’s election by 10 percentage points.
The governor’s race, seen as a bellwether for next year’s midterm elections, is tightening in its final weeks, prompting the involvement of leading national Democrats. A Christopher Newport University poll released last week showed McAuliffe with a “small but narrowing” lead over Youngkin, 49% to 45%, a lead within the poll’s margin of error of 4.2 points.
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First lady Jill Biden and former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate turned voting rights activist Stacey Abrams will also campaign with McAuliffe this month.
