前总统巴拉克·奥巴马仍然是民主党内最受欢迎的人物之一，他将参加竞选活动在中期选举的最后阶段。
民主党人希望影响足够多的选民以避免失去对国会的控制-尽管有重大的政治阻力比如高通胀。
这是奥巴马计划在未来几周出现的地方。
亚特兰大与艾布拉姆斯，沃诺克
奥巴马将于10月28日出现在亚特兰大，访问一个可能决定哪个政党控制参议院的州，该州还将举行一场竞争激烈的州长选举。
他将支持大一新生参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克(Raphael Warnock)，他在去年赢得一场特别选举后，正在竞选自己的完整任期，而著名的投票权活动家和前议员斯泰西·艾布拉姆斯在2018年以微弱优势击败共和党州长布莱恩·坎普(Brain Kemp)后，再次试图推翻她。
沃诺克与前足球明星赫歇尔·沃克并驾齐驱，尽管他在最近的调查中有微弱优势，根据到五点三十八分包括那些自坚定的堕胎反对者沃克否认他在2009年为前女友堕胎付钱的报道后拍摄的照片。
艾布拉姆斯，对她来说，是广泛的被视为失败者对坎普来说，尽管她正在寻求动员选民。
民主党人希望在2020年度过辉煌的一年后，继续保持他们在桃州的势头，当时总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)以微弱优势赢得了该州，沃诺克(Warnock)和乔恩·奥索夫(Jon Ossoff)最终在参议院赢得了两场胜利——这是民主党人几十年来的首次胜利。
Barack Obama attends the Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival in Edgartown, Mass., Aug. 5, 2022.
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惠特莫的底特律
奥巴马将于10月29日在底特律集会，与州长格雷琴·惠特莫和其他民主党人一起出现。
惠特莫竞选连任，对手是保守派评论员都铎·狄克逊。
这位州长将她的竞选信息集中在钱包和社会问题上，被广泛认为是最受欢迎的，并领先迪克森538的平均投票率。在这个摇摆不定的州，如果民主党获胜，那将是一个充满希望的信号。
奥巴马的办公室在一份声明中说:“这项活动将关注这场竞选的利害关系，因为在密歇根州，堕胎、投票权和公共教育都面临风险。”
巴恩斯·埃弗斯的密尔沃基
奥巴马还将于10月29日在密尔沃基与威斯康辛州州长托尼·埃弗斯(Tony Evers)和副州长曼德拉·巴恩斯(Mandela Barnes)举行集会，前者将竞选连任，后者将竞选共和党参议员罗恩·约翰逊(Ron Johnson)。
州检察长乔希·考尔、参议员塔米·鲍德温和众议员格温·摩尔也将出席。
威斯康星州今年对民主党人来说是一个至关重要的州，约翰逊是最容易受到攻击的共和党参议员之一。
巴恩斯开始了勉强落后于约翰逊在选民调查中，面对铺天盖地的攻击广告，他被描绘成对犯罪手软，而埃弗斯正与商人蒂姆·米歇尔斯激烈竞争。
翻转约翰逊的席位将有助于民主党保持对参议院的控制，他们在参议院仅占多数，而州长竞选的获胜者可能有助于在共和党控制州议会两院的州决定堕胎权和投票权等问题的关键政策。
Everywhere Obama is going to be ahead of Democrats' midterm crunch
Former President Barack Obama, still one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party, is set to hit the campaign trailin the final stretch to the midterm elections.
Democrats hope to sway enough voters to avoid losing control of Congress --despite major political headwindslike high inflation.
Here is where Obama is scheduled to appear in the next few weeks.
Atlanta with Abrams, Warnock
Obama will appear in Atlanta on Oct. 28, visiting a state that could decide which party controls the Senate and is also hosting a competitive gubernatorial election.
He will rally for freshman Sen. Raphael Warnock, who is running for a full term of his own after winning a special election last year, and Stacey Abrams, the prominent voting rights activist and former lawmaker again trying to unseat Republican Gov. Brain Kemp after he narrowly beat her in 2018.
Warnock is running neck-and-neck with former football star Herschel Walker, though he has a narrow edge in the most recent surveys, accordingto FiveThirtyEight, including in those taken since Walker, a staunch abortion opponent, denied a report that he paid for an ex-girlfriend's abortion in 2009.
Abrams, for her part, is widelyviewed as the underdogto Kemp though she is seeking to mobilize voters.
Democrats are hoping to keep their momentum going in the Peach State after a banner year in 2020, when President Joe Biden narrowly won the state and Warnock and Jon Ossoff ended up eking out a pair of Senate wins -- the first such victories for Democrats there in decades.
Detroit with Whitmer
Obama will rally in Detroit on Oct. 29, appearing with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats.
Whitmer is running for reelection against conservative commentator Tudor Dixon.
The governor, who has focused her campaign messaging around a blend of pocketbook and social issues, is widely viewed as the favorite and leads Dixon inFiveThirtyEight's polling average. A win there would offer a promising sign for Democrats in a tight presidential swing state.
"The event will focus on the stakes of the race as access to abortion, voting rights and public education are at risk in Michigan," Obama's office said in a statement.
Milwaukee with Evers, Barnes
Obama will also rally in Milwaukee on Oct. 29 with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, who is up for reelection, and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who is running to oust Republican Sen. Ron Johnson,
State Attorney General Josh Kaul, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Gwen Moore will also attend.
Wisconsin is a crucial state for Democrats this year, with Johnson as one of the most vulnerable Republican senators up for reelection.
Barnes has begunnarrowly trailing Johnsonin voter surveys after facing an avalanche of attack ads painting him as soft on crime, while Evers is locked in a close race with businessman Tim Michels.
Flipping Johnson's seat would ease Democrats' path to keeping Senate control, where they hold a bare majority, while the victor in the gubernatorial race could help decide key policies on issues like abortion access and voting rights in a state where Republicans control both chambers of the state legislature.
