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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama's final campaign isn't turning into much of a victory lap.

His role in next week's midterm elections, which amount to the last important contest of his political career, has been to quietly rake in campaign cash for the Democratic party, rather than headline the stadium rallies he became famous for in 2008 and 2012.

The final week before the midterm elections is slated to be Obama's busiest, though the eleventh-hour politicking will only take the president to states that went his direction in 2008 and 2012. He'll campaign mostly for governors, whose role outside Washington puts them further from the unpopular White House policies that give Democratic Senate candidates heartburn.

The objective: turning out Democrats who don't have a great record voting in midterm contests.

Obama's celebrity fundraising friends

Obama's celebrity fundraising friends

Obama's celebrity fundraising friends

Obama's celebrity fundraising friends

Obama's celebrity fundraising friends

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