Barack Obama to campaign with Ohio Democrats as he expands his outreach ahead of Election Day

Former President Barack Obama is stepping up his role in the midterm campaign, with a visit to Ohio on Oct. 24 to back Democrats running for the Senate and the governor's office. Both contests have drawn heavy spending and are considered tight, and Ohio, once a swing state, now figures in the fight over which party controls the Senate, according to ABC News.

In Cleveland, Obama will appear with Sherrod Brown, a three-term former senator who lost to Republican Bernie Moreno two years ago and is now trying to unseat Republican Sen. Jon Husted. Husted holds the seat once occupied by Vice President JD Vance. Obama will also join Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor, who is competing against Vivek Ramaswamy to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Acton has concentrated on areas of Ohio that have recently leaned Republican.

The same day, Obama will be in Detroit with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive nominee who emerged from a divisive primary, and with gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson. The Associated Press obtained plans showing more stops and ads are coming. In a new video, Obama calls the Ohio Senate race close and urges support for Brown.

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