It's the final stretch for key races in New Jersey, Virginia, California and New York. Former President Barack Obama is set to hit the campaign trail for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia.

Who's the odds-on-favorite to be the next governor of New Jersey? See the latest betting odds for Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli.

While attention has been paid largely to the competitive race for New Jersey governor, Garden State voters should also know that the entire General Assembly is up for grabs in November's general election. All 80 seats in the Legislature's lower chamber will be on the ballot. The current breakdown of the Assembly is 52 Democrats and 28 Republicans.

With Election Day in New Jersey just 6 days away, the governor's race between Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli and Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill is heating up.

Puck’s Peter Hamby and Politico’s Melanie Mason join Dana Bash to break down the closing messages in Virginia and New Jersey’s gubernatorial contests, and how anti-Trump sentiment could affect the outcomes.

California has laws allowing political parties to observe all aspects of most elections. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state will have its election monitors watching the federal teams next week. Election observers are prohibited from interacting with voters, poll workers or ballot counting.

Polymarket currently assigns just a 6 percent probability that Sherrill will win the race by a margin of 15 percentage points.