NBA legend Magic Johnson cast his support in the Michigan gubernatorial race on Monday, expressing his support for incumbent Democrat Gretchen Whitmer over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon.

Johnson, who lives in Los Angeles and is a part-owner for several California sports teams, wrote his message of support on Twitter. The former Los Angeles Lakers point guard attended Michigan State and was known for his NCAA championship battle with Larry Bird during his collegiate career.

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"I hope that Governor Gretchen Whitmer gets another four years as Governor of Michigan!" he tweeted.

Johnson was at a Whitmer rally on Michigan State University’s East Lansing campus ahead of Election Day, according to WWMT.

The latest polling shows Whitmer with a nearly nine-point lead over Dixon ahead of Tuesday's election, with the incumbent sitting at 51.7% support and challenger at 43.1%.

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According to a new WDIV/Detroit News poll, inflation and abortion are the top issues for Michigan voters. Dixon's greatest weakness is among independent voters, who favor Whitmer 57% to 30%.

Democrats across the country have pressed to make abortion the central issue of the midterm election cycle, but they have found only mixed success. In most of the country, economic issues like gas prices and inflation have taken priority for voters, pressing abortion sometimes out of their top five issues.

Abortion has remained more prominent in the Michigan gubernatorial race, however, where it was still supplanted by inflation but nevertheless retained the second-highest issue importance from voters.

Former President Obama campaigned for Whitmer in Detroit over the weekend as part of a national tour rallying Democrats in key battleground states. At a rally on Saturday, Obama said Republicans are "obsessed" with "owning the libs" instead of issues that matter to voters.

Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.

Green Bay Packers linebacker De'Vondre Campbell ripped the NFL over turf fields on Monday following the loss of Rashan Gary, who will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL. 

Head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed the news Monday during a press conference with reporters, adding that it may not be the only season-ending injury. Cornerback Eric Stokes suffered an apparent ankle injury during the first quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Detroit Lions.

"It's a tremendous loss — not only just from obviously a production standpoint, just, man, he is a guy that just competes at the highest level," LaFleur said. 

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"He is one of the grittiest guys that's on this team. And just the effort that he brings on a daily basis is definitely going to be missed. The other guys around on that defense and on our team are going to have to pick it up because it's hard to replace a guy like that."

Campbell took to Twitter to share his frustrations with the Packers’ mounting injuries.

"This is two weeks in a row we’ve had players get injured on turf fields," he wrote in a tweet. "I think it’s time y’all take some of the money y’all make off us and invest in grass fields for every team around the league."

"The turf is literally like concrete it has no give when you plant @NFL."

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Campbell was ruled out of Sunday’s game because of a knee injury.

Gary’s injury further complicates the Packers’ unimpressive season. They have lost five straight, but four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers remains confident that Green Bay can turn things around.

"I’ve been counted out many times in my life as have many of my teammates," he said Sunday. "I hope we just dig deep and find a way. We will truly be underdogs for many games moving forward. Hopefully we can embrace that."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.