Former President Barack Obama proved Tuesday he still has cards to play when it comes to motivating Democrats to vote in elections, even though he couldn’t quite get then-Vice President Kamala Harris across the finish line last year.

Obama heavily campaigned in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections for now Gov.-elects Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), during which long lines wrapped around venues in Newark, New Jersey, and Norfolk, Virginia, to hear the former president speak hours before he hit the stage.