Nov 7 (Reuters) - Competitive governors contests are on the ballot in about a dozen states in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, with outcomes that hold far-reaching consequences on issues such as abortion, voting rights and guns.
The high stakes have brought increased money and attention to the state-level races, which typically get overshadowed in midterm elections by the fight for control of Congress.
President Joe Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, who have campaigned in recent weeks for governor candidates across the country, all spent part of the final weekend before Election Day rallying with their party's nominees in the pivotal state of Pennsylvania.
Democrats are fighting to keep control of the state's governorship - along with those in Wisconsin and Michigan - to maintain the power to veto any legislation by the three states' Republican-controlled legislatures that might curb abortion rights and voting access.
At Saturday's rallies in Pennsylvania, Democrat Josh Shapiro and his Republican rival, Doug Mastriano, each highlighted the impact of their race on the state's future.
"It's your rights, it's your future that's on the line," Shapiro said in Philadelphia.
Mastriano told supporters in Latrobe that "a vote for Josh Shapiro is a vote to destroy Pennsylvania's future."
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