McAuliffe brings in big guns as Democratic worries grow over Virginia
By Amie Parnes and Julia Manchester - 10/12/21 03:01 PM EDT
Democrat Terry McAuliffe announced Tuesday that former President Obama will join him next week on the campaign trail amid rising fears among Democrats that they may be in danger of losing Virginia's gubernatorial contest.
Democrats have rolled out their A-listers in recent weeks as polls show McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin in an increasingly tight race.
Obama campaigned for McAuliffe during his first gubernatorial run in 2013 and for Gov. Ralph Northam (D) in 2017 — elections Democrats won by 2.6 points and 8.9 points respectively — but the announcement comes as a slew of other high-profile Democrats are slated to campaign for McAuliffe in the final three weeks leading up to Election Day.
"Virginia’s always close. This is an off, off-year," McAuliffe told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday. "We’ve just gone through the presidential election, and you know, turnout drops significantly. So the whole goal here is to make sure you get your voters to the polls. This is a huge election for us.”
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