As President Obama’s star continues to fade and approval for his handling of issues both domestic and foreign fall to all-time lows, vulnerable Democratic lawmakers running for re-election have scrambled to distance themselves from the administration’s toxic brand.

From Alaska, where Democratic Sen. Mark Begich is struggling to fend off Republican Attorney General Dan Sullivan, to North Carolina, where incumbent Democrat Sen. Kay Hagan is battling Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis, vulnerable Democrats are working hard to prove that they are different from the man residing in the White House.