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Between a trade mission to Cuba and the start of the 2016 legislative session, Gov. Terry McAuliffe is heading to Iowa this weekend to rally support for longtime ally Hillary Clinton.

McAuliffe, who chaired Clinton’s 2008 presidential bid and is helping lead her efforts in Virginia this year, will visit six Clinton campaign offices in the early voting state on a two-day swing Saturday and Sunday, according to the Clinton campaign.

While there, he’ll “speak with Iowans about what’s at stake in this election and why Hillary Clinton is the fighter Iowa families need in the White House,” the campaign said.

As the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton is hoping to avoid any early upsets by rivals Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, or Martin O’Malley, a former governor of Maryland. The Iowa caucuses will take place Feb. 1.

McAuliffe’s political trip comes days before the Jan. 13 start of the General Assembly session, when the governor will deliver his annual State of the Commonwealth address.