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RandySF

(58,770 posts)
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 07:42 PM Oct 2017

VA-GOV: Obama to campaign for Northam

Former President Barack Obama will campaign for Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam in the gubernatorial race next week in Richmond.

The two men will host a rally together on Thursday evening.

Obama's long-planned entrance into the contest comes as the race is drawing more national attention. President Donald Trump recently endorsed former Republican National Committee Chair Ed Gillespie, and Vice President Mike Pence is set to campaign for Gillespie on Saturday in the state's southwest, while former Vice President Joe Biden will campaign in the state's Democratic-leaning D.C. suburbs on the same day.

Northam has a small but steady lead in public polling.


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/11/obama-virginia-governor-northam-243683

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Wish they would be closer to Williamsburg helpisontheway Oct 2017 #1

helpisontheway

(5,007 posts)
1. Wish they would be closer to Williamsburg
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 09:18 PM
Oct 2017

I would love to see Obama again but not gonna deal with traffic to see them. Hoping that Obama and Biden will campaign for him in Hampton Roads area too..

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