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WASHINGTON (AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton is hitting the campaign trail for Democrats in October, lending her name and support in key races for Senate and governor as she considers another White House bid in 2016.

Clinton plans to campaign for Senate candidates in six states: Iowa, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia and Kentucky. She also intends to help out gubernatorial campaigns in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Illinois.

Her travels will also take her to California, where she will headline a fundraiser for Senate Democrats on Oct. 20. It will be the same day as a San Francisco event for House Democrats where Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi will also appear.

The former secretary of state has said she expects to decide whether to run for president again around the beginning of 2015, but the campaign travel before the midterm elections will help her connect with Democratic partisans, donors and voters who could fuel a second White House race. Along with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, the former New York senator is the most sought-after fundraiser and surrogate for Democrats this year in a challenging political climate.

Some of the dates and events, which were first reported by Politico, are still being finalized. But Clinton's schedule will take her across a competitive Senate landscape for Democrats seeking to maintain their majority during President Barack Obama's final two years. And it will inject her into governor's races featuring a slate of longtime allies and early presidential states with a special appeal to female voters.

The former first lady kicked off her campaign season in Iowa, appearing at the annual steak fry fundraiser for retiring Sen. Tom Harkin in September. She expects to make a second trip to Iowa before the election.

In a bookend of sorts, Clinton plans to return to New Hampshire on Nov. 2 two days before the election to drum up support for Gov. Maggie Hassan and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. The state often pivots on the support of female voters, and Clinton's appearance there could help drive up turnout.

Clinton has not been back to the nation's first presidential primary state since October 2008, a day of campaigning that included an event with Shaheen. But she has maintained strong ties to Democrats there, who helped her stage a comeback victory over Obama in the 2008 primary and have long backed her husband. Mrs. Clinton appeared at a New York fundraiser for Shaheen earlier this week.

"I was delighted to have her support this week, and I'm delighted that she is coming back to New Hampshire," Shaheen said Friday in Concord, New Hampshire.

Governor's races will also get her attention. Clinton stopped in Miami on Thursday to help Charlie Crist, the ex-Republican Florida governor who is now competing for his old job as a Democrat. Crist and GOP Gov. Rick Scott have tangled in one of the nation's most competitive governor's races, which could be a dry run for a 2016 battle in the nation's premier swing state.

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