Kamala Harris’ campaign focuses on Pennsylvania as Donald Trump heads to a mix of battleground states
Democratic VP candidate Tim Walz will swing through a two-day Pennsylvania bus tour, while Donald Trump will appear at a town hall event in Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania continues to be in the election spotlight.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign will have a consistent focus on the state this week, and former President Donald Trump will appear in Harrisburg as his campaign heads to battleground states throughout the country.
Harris kicked off the week Monday with a Labor Day rally in Pittsburgh. And on Wednesday, her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will return to Pennsylvania for a two-day tour of the state in what will be his first solo trip to the commonwealth since joining Harris on the presidential ticket.
Walz will begin his Pennsylvania visit in Lancaster Wednesday morning before moving on to Pittsburgh in the afternoon. On Thursday, Walz will head to Erie, and wrap his trip at a planned rally with Harris back in Pittsburgh, the campaign said in a statement. Additional details about Walz’s scheduled stops were not immediately available.
Harris herself is slated to hold a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., Wednesday. On Thursday, Harris will join Walz in Pennsylvania for the aforementioned Pittsburgh stop, which will serve as her 10th visit to the commonwealth this year. Additional details for the Pittsburgh visit had not been announced as of early Tuesday afternoon.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, meanwhile, is slated to deliver remarks at campaign events Thursday in Los Angeles and Friday in Chicago, the campaign said. Emhoff will then travel to Pennsylvania to speak at campaign events in the Allentown area Saturday, the White House said.
The Harris campaign’s focus on Pennsylvania comes following several stops in the state from the Trump campaign last week. A recent Franklin and Marshall poll of registered Pennsylvania voters indicated that 3% are undecided, and the state appears to be a neck-and-neck race for Harris and Trump.
Trump is scheduled to appear at a town hall hosted by Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday in Harrisburg. That event is slated to open to the public at 3:30 p.m., and requires prior registration.
But the former president’s campaign is scheduled to largely focus its efforts elsewhere this week, primarily in the form of what it refers to as its “Agenda 47 Policy Tour.” That effort, which features high-profile Trump supporters such as Sen. Rick Scott (R., Fla.) and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, has stops this week in Braselton, Ga., and Mesa, Ariz., Tuesday, followed by one in Milwaukee Thursday.
Trump himself is slated to appear at a rally Saturday in Mosinee, Wis., at the Central Wisconsin Airport, where he is slated to speak around 1 p.m.
Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R., Ohio), meanwhile, is slated to deliver remarks Thursday at a campaign event in Phoenix.
Pennsylvania will remain a focus for both campaigns at least through this month given that the commonwealth, with its 19 electoral votes, is a crucial swing state. Both Harris and Trump are slated to be in Philadelphia Sept. 10 for a presidential debate hosted by ABC at the National Constitution Center.