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Obama campaigning for Burke in Milwaukee right before election

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President Barack Obama will stop in Milwaukee to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke in the week before the election.

No other information like specific date or venue has been released, according to the Associated Press. Burke is running against Gov. Scott Walker in the Nov. 4 elections.

Citing a White House official, the Associated Press reported Wisconsin will be one of the seven states where Obama will campaign for the Democrats running for governor.

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First lady Michelle Obama has already made two stops in Wisconsin for Burke, once in Milwaukee and another in Madison just last week.

Michelle Obama to UW students: ‘This election is about you’

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the chair of the Republican Governors Association, stumped for Walker in western Wisconsin while the first lady was in Milwaukee.

A Marquette Law School poll is coming out today and will show the latest polling in the governor’s race.

Burke’s campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.

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