Obama Traveled To Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin As The Vote Approached | Ap

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Barack Obama is traveling to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in the closing days of the 2022 campaign to give a boost to Democrats running for governor, senator and the election.

He goes first to Atlanta, where Stacey Abrams will face Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on November 8th. She lost a close race against him in 2018.

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