Former US President Barack Obama engaged in lively exchanges with the crowd during a campaign rally for Democratic New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill on Saturday. “Oh, I love you, but hold on. I heard you, girl. Just settle down. I’m here to talk to everybody, not just you. I mean, you look cute. But I’m married. Michelle’s fine too,” Obama joked, pointing to a woman in the audience.

Obama has been encouraging voters to elect Democratic governors in Virginia and New Jersey ahead of Tuesday’s polls — elections that could indicate the national mood ten months into Donald Trump’s second presidency, and one year before midterm elections that could reshape it.

While Obama campaigned for Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill, Trump spent the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate i

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