Barack Obama is campaigning in Georgia on October 28, 2026.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 28, 2026
Multiple independent sources (AP, NYT, NBC, CNN, AJC, USA Today) report that former President Barack Obama campaigned in Georgia on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at rallies in the Atlanta metro area (Morrow/Clayton County) for Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms.
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… And so you have a lot of people who are new to Georgia, and this is their sort of introduction to Georgia politics, and so, you know, people are trying to work on several different letter levels to get that, that boat out, and tonight they get to see former President Obama. Greg Clusine, thank you for scrambling everything and getting your shot up outside of that event. We'll be watching it with you tonight. Charlie Sykes, thank you for starting us off today. …
Deadline: White House · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reports Obama spoke in support of Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in Morrow, Georgia.[1]
Supports. NYT and NBC both report Obama spoke at a campaign rally in Georgia on October 28, 2026, while Trump campaigned in Ohio.[2][3]
Supports. The AJC and CNN describe Obama headlining a rally in metro Atlanta/Clayton County on October 28 with Ossoff and Bottoms.[4][5]
Context. Some sources place the rally in Clayton County or Morrow (The Arena at Southlake), while a pre-event notice said Atlanta; the location detail varies but the Georgia campaigning is consistent.[4][6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1Trump in Ohio and Obama in Georgia make closing stretch appeals to midterm voters in pivotal statesapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Obama is set to visit Georgia ahead of the Senate and governor elections.nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Obama to rally for Democrats in Georgianbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Barack Obama returns to Georgia to help boost Democratsajc.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Obama and Trump's Cheesecake Factory feud continues at dueling ...us.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Obama coming to Georgia to rally for Jon Ossoff, Keisha Bottomsrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Obama campaigns with Georgia Democratsthesoutherneronline.com · not rated · cited for: context
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