jersey to keep pushing his economic agenda that's been caught up in a deep democratic divide in congress. while not an official campaign trip, biden's seeking to elevate democratic governor phil murphy who is also on the ballot next tuesday. >> well, governor murphy, so many of the national challenges we're confronting are areas where you're already leading the. >> reporter: the new jersey race between murphy and republican jack ciatterelli is seen as less competitive than the virginia contest. still, democrats concede they must close the enthusiasm gap. >> our team shows up. we win. our team doesn't show up. this thing is a coins toss. we can't let that happen. >> now, these off-year elections in both virginia and new jersey. the only two states electing governors next month are a sign of things to come for next year's midterms. of course, when president biden comes here to northern virginia tomorrow night to campaign for terry mcauliffe, terry mcauliffe had hoped he would be bringing