Photos: Barack Obama campaigns with Stacey Abrams

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Photos: Barack Obama campaigns with Stacey Abrams

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Former President Barack Obama and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams wave to the crowd following a rally in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (Alyssa Pointer/AJC)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Former President Barack Obama speaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Georgia Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during a rally in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. Former President Barack Obama headlined the rally to show support for Stacey Abrams and the other Georgia Democratic candidates. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Former President Barack Obama (second from right) links hands with gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (center) and other Democratic candidates running for office following a rally for in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Former President Barack Obama greets audience members during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- U.S. Rep John Lewis speaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Sarah Riggs Amico, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, )speaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Former President Barack Obama speaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Rapper 2 Chainz (center) attends a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Actress Lynn Whitfield (center) attends a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Former President Barack Obama praises Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams during a rally for in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Georgia Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams listens as former President Barack Obama speaks during a rally for in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

Katrina Blasingame (L) and Julia Demetrius try to stay dry while standing in line to see President Obama and Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Stacey Abrams speak at the Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, in Atlanta, GA Friday, November 2, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Actor Chris Tucker (right) and Rap mogul Jermaine Dupri (cener) answer questions from the media during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Churchspeaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

People cheer when a large black limousine drives by Forbes Arena at Morehouse College before President Obama and Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Stacey Abrams speak Friday in Atlanta, GA November 2, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Georgia Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during a rally in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. Former President Barack Obama headlined the rally to show support for Stacey Abrams and the other Georgia Democratic candidates. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Democrat Lucy McBath, who is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Karen Handel in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, speaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- DuBose Porter, Chairman of the Georgia Democrat Party, (center) speaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- The crowd applauds as Democrat Lucy McBath, who is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Karen Handel in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, exits the stage during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- U.S. Rep John Lewis speaks during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- People form a long line along Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard in order to see former President Barack Obama speak during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- People form a long line along Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard in order to see former President Barack Obama speak during a rally for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (left) watches as former President Barack Obama speaks during a rally to support her and other Georgia Democrat candidates in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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11/02/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Former President Barack Obama and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams wave to the crowd following a rally in Forbes Arena at Morehouse College, Friday, November 2, 2018. (Alyssa Pointer/AJC)

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