Overview
- Barack Obama headlined rallies in Norfolk and Newark, urging voters to reject what he called the Trump administration’s “lawlessness and recklessness.”
- An AtlasIntel survey released Nov. 1 shows Mikie Sherrill at 50.2% and Jack Ciattarelli at 49.3% in New Jersey, within the poll’s 2% margin of error.
- Decision Desk HQ reported Democrats held about a 221,000 raw mail-in ballot edge in New Jersey, with a smaller advantage in early in-person votes.
- In Virginia, polls continue to show Democrat Abigail Spanberger with a sizable lead over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, including a YouGov finding of a 14-point advantage.
- President Donald Trump endorsed Ciattarelli and joined a telephone rally on Oct. 24, but he did not campaign in person over the final weekend.