Democrats in difficult races have started to break with President Obama by calling for the government to implement a travel ban for ebola-affected countries.

โ€œI am calling on the administration to temporarily ban the travel of non-U.S. citizens from the affected countries in West Africa,โ€ Senator Kay Hagan (D., N.C.), who has fallen into a tie in one of the most expensive, competitive Senate races in the country, said Friday.

Hagan expressed openness to such a ban during her October 7 Senate debate with Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis, but she defended Obamaโ€™s decision not to issue a ban this week.

โ€œThatโ€™s not going to solve this problem,โ€ Hagan said, according to the New York Times. โ€œThatโ€™s not going to contain the epidemic that we see happening in Africa.โ€

Texas state Senator Wendy Davis, whose gubernatorial campaign is much more desperate than Haganโ€™s, also called for a ban on Friday.

โ€œWe must do everything we can as a state and as a nation to ensure [Ebola] remains contained and that families stay safe,โ€ Davis said, per The Hill.