First lady Jill Biden stumps in New Jersey, Virginia to help elect Democratic governors

First lady Jill Biden hits the campaign trail Friday, hoping to help deliver victories for Democrats in two gubernatorial elections.

First lady Jill Biden hit the campaign trail Friday, hoping to help deliver victories for Democrats in two gubernatorial elections.

Biden stumped in New Jersey for Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday afternoon and is traveling to Virginia Friday evening to get out the vote for former Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

"I came here to ask the people of New Jersey to reelect Phil Murphy as your next governor. You know, he's used this office to lead New Jersey through one of the darkest times in modern history," Biden said in Edison, New Jersey, Friday afternoon. "Joe and I know Phil. We know that he's going to fight for you and your family every single day."

An incumbent Democratic governor hasn't won reelection in New Jersey since the 1970s, but public polling indicates Murphy is better positioned heading into November than McAuliffe. Polls conducted in mid-September from Stockton University and Monmouth University showed Murphy with a nine-point and 13-point lead, respectively, over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman.