President Obama reached down into Minnesota’s House races to make his latest endorsements.

Monday morning the Minnesota Democratic campaign for the state House announced the president is backing candidates in eight districts.

The endorsements included east metro DFL candidates Lindsey Port, who is vying to represent a Lakeville/Burnsville district, Erin Maye Quade of Apple Valley, Jamie Becker-Finn of Roseville and Mary T’Kach of Inver Grove Heights.

Obama also endorsed Zach Dorholt of St. Cloud, Duane Sauke of Rochester, Andrew Carlson of Bloomington and Rep. Paul Rosenthal of Edina. Rosenthal, who won his 2014 race with 53 percent of the vote, was the only sitting representative to garner an endorsement, according to the list released Monday.

The districts are all ones that Obama won in 2012, although he had only a slight edge in two of the east metro suburban districts:

Obama, whose popularity has increased in recent months, has begun assisting in state legislative races around the country, according to the New York Times.

“You are going to see a level of engagement down to the state representative level that I don’t think you’ve seen too many presidents engage in,” White House official David Simas told the newspaper.

The president also cut a video ad for Democratic 3rd Congressional District candidate Terri Bonoff. That was released last week.

Updated to correct spelling of Lindsey Port’s name.