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Barack Obama will headline rallies Saturday for Democratic gubernatorial nominees Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey, as both parties sprint into Tuesday’s elections. Republicans Winsome Earle-Sears and Jack Ciattarelli tour their states without comparable star power, while Donald Trump backs them from afar. The races test Black voter turnout, economic anxieties, and clashes over abortion and transgender policies; Virginia is set to elect its first woman governor. On the West Coast, California voters weigh a Newsom-backed plan to redraw the congressional map for Democrats, part of a mid-decade redistricting fight with national stakes.

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