Former President Barack Obama is gearing up for three major Senate campaigns, including the battleground state of Michigan, to endorse Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and star in a new ad for him as some voters begin to take absentee ballots in the critical state.
Friday’s election marks the first time voters will see Obama’s Senate ad as Democrats try to hold the chamber by a 51-49 margin. The former president is also running in long-shot races in blue Maryland and Florida, with ads supporting Democrats Angela Alsobrooks and Angela Alsobrooks. Debbie Mukarsel-Powellrespectively.
In Michigan, Slotkin is running against former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
New ad, “Make You Proud”. Obama highlights Slotkin’s national security experience before representing Michigan’s 7th Congressional District. The roughly one-minute ad will appear digitally and on radio stations across the state.
“In the situation room, Elissa gave national security briefings on the most difficult issues we deal with. That’s why I sent Elissa to negotiate on my behalf because she understands when to compromise and when to stand firm,” Obama says in the ad. “And that’s why I nominated him to be assistant secretary of defense.”
In the final weeks of the campaign season, Obama is also preparing to write additional ads and robocalls for absentee candidates, sign fundraising emails and attend get-out-the-vote events.
In Maryland, he is trying to help Democrats end the long Democratic Senate seat of former GOP Gov. Larry Hogan, who gained cross-party popularity during his tenure. And in Florida, he’s trying to help Mucarsel-Powell launch a state that has fallen off the battleground map for Democrats in recent years but was a central battleground before and during the Obama era.
“President Obama believes the results of this election could not be more effective, and that is why he is doing everything he can to help elect Vice President Harris, Governor Walsh and Democrats across the country,” said Eric Schultz, Obama’s top adviser. statement. “His goals are to win the White House, retain the US Senate and take back the House of Representatives. “Now that voting has begun, our focus is on persuading and mobilizing voters, especially in states with key races.”
Most polls in Michigan show Slotkin ahead of Rogers by a few points, some slightly larger than Democrats. This is one of the closest battlegrounds in the presidential election. Obama won the state twice, in 2008 and 2012, before Donald Trump flipped it red in 2016. Joe Biden turned blue once again in 2020.