VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Presidential politics comes to Virginia this weekend, just prior to an election that will decide whether Republicans or Democrats will control the General Assembly come January.

Vice President Mike Pence will campaign for Republican candidates Saturday in Virginia Beach. Former Vice President and Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden will campaign for Democrats in northern Virginia on Sunday.

In crucial swing districts, from Northern Virginia to Richmond to Hampton Roads, Republican candidates are trying to turn out GOP voters while hoping they can hang on to the centrist images they cultivated all summer. To pull it off, they’re casting Democrats as extremists — invoking hot-button issues such as abortion and immigration that Republicans had largely avoided as they attempted to soften their connection to an unpopular President Trump.

Democrats have resorted to tougher tactics as next week’s election looms, depicting Republicans as chummy with Trump and in the pocket of the National Rifle Association.