WILMINGTON — Once again, the Harris-Walz campaign has targeted North Carolina, considered a battleground state, to vie for voters this year, as Election Day looms two weeks away.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be in various Tar Heel State towns the week, including Durham, Greenville and Wilmington. He arrives in the Port City on Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Aero Center at Wilmington International Airport at 5:30 p.m. The Wilmington event, sponsored by NC Democrats, is scheduled to last from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The RSVP link is available here and notes the location of where Walz will speak and other details will come for “confirmed guests only.” Signing up doesn’t guarantee a spot, but RSVP’s are open.
It will be Walz’s first visit to the Port City. So far, the Democratic candidates have had Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff campaigning on his behalf, as well as former President Bill Clinton, who stopped in downtown last week.
Clinton, who visited Prost Biergarten, touted Harris’ dedication toward working for middle-class families, her social and foreign policies, as well as economic plan. He was sour against Trump’s ability to tackle issues, calling him self-involved more than concerned for the American people.
“You’ve got to get people to the polls, you’ve got to convince people it’s important to vote, you got to say there is a huge difference here,” Clinton compelled crowds, adding democracy was at stake.
The day before Clinton was in Wilmington, he was at a town hall event in Durham with Walz. The vice presidential nominee said the 2016 Trump isn’t the same as in 2024, calling the GOP candidate more deranged — “maybe to stay out of prison.”
He told the crowd Congressional Republicans likely won’t stand up to him, with JD Vance providing “guardrails.”
“So, there’s only one way to stop it,” Walz said. “We need to go vote and win the election and make sure none of this ever happens.”
Harris has not visited the Port City yet on the campaign trail, though has made appearances in Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh and Greenville in the last three months.
Both Trump and Vance have visited the Port City to campaign, with Vance at the Aero Center last week and Trump visiting mid-September.
A Washington Post-Schar School poll released Monday indicates Trump has a slim lead, 50% to 47%, in North Carolina.
Since early voting opened Thursday, more than 18,000 people have voted in New Hanover County. Republicans are outnumbering Democrats as of Monday, with 6,441 votes to 6,044. Unaffiliated voters also are tracking high, with 6,157 casting ballots so far.
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