Watch Replay: Barack Obama In Atlanta For Stacey Abrams

ATLANTA, GA — Former president Barack Obama was in Atlanta to campaign for Stacey Abrams, as Georgia's nationally watched governor's race enters what could be its final hours. Obama appeared at a Friday afternoon rally at Morehouse College on behalf of Abrams, who is seeking to become the nation's first African-American female governor in history next Tuesday. Virtually every recent poll taken shows Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp in a statistical dead heat, with about 5 percent of voters undecided.

Oprah Winfrey was in Decatur and Marietta on Thursday on behalf of Abrams, while Vice President Mike Pence rallied voters for Kemp in northwest Georgia. On Saturday, the nation's biggest political figure — President Donald Trump — will appear at a Macon campaign rally for Kemp.

If neither Kemp or Abrams wins outright on Tuesday (Libertarian Ted Metz is also in the race), there will be a Dec. 4 runoff.

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More than 1.5 million ballots have already been cast in a race that national Democrats hope will become a swing state, as the nation's midterm elections are widely being seen as a referendum on Trump's administration.

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Kemp, who is also Georgia's secretary of state, is aiming to maintain GOP control of the governor's office the party has enjoyed since 2002. Both are running to replace Gov. Nathan Deal, who cannot run for a third term.

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DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 26: Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally to support Michigan democratic candidates at Detroit Cass Tech High School on October 26, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Obama, and former Attorney General Eric Holder, who was also at the rally, are among approximately a dozen democrats who were targeted by mail bombs over the past several days. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)