WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kamala Harris and Tim Walz take their Democratic marketing campaign for the White Home on a bus tour by way of Georgia subsequent week, seeking to construct assist in a state looming massive within the Nov. 5 election.
Vice President Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday in Chicago, and Walz, the Minnesota governor, accepted the operating mate nomination.
Their bus tour in south Georgia on Wednesday would be the first time the 2 have campaigned collectively by way of the state.
The Harris marketing campaign mentioned the tour will culminate in a rally with the vice chairman within the Savannah space. Walz will depart the state earlier than the rally.
The announcement of the journey comes two days after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seemed to defuse a feud with Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, after slamming him in an Atlanta rally earlier this month.
Kemp endorsed Trump on Thursday and the previous president thanked him in a social media submit.
Polls present a detailed race between Harris and Trump, with Georgia amongst seven states prone to decide the end result.