Former Republican officials to stump for Harris in Lancaster County

The presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to host a group of past Republican officials at an event Tuesday in Manheim Township.

Former Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan and former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh are slated to appear at The Barn at Stoner Commons, 605 Granite Run Drive, at 2 p.m. to stump for the Democratic Party's presidential ticket.

"These brave, nationally prominent Republicans are touring the battleground states in support of Kamala Harris because they know that our American democratic system and the rule of law are at stake," Ann Womble , Pennsylvania co-chair of the Republicans for Harris coalition and a former chair of the Republican Committee of Lancaster County, said in an email invitation for the event.

Womble and her co-chair, former Congressman Jim Greenwood, also will appear at the event, which is part of a broader push from the Harris campaign to appeal to Republican voters disillusioned with former President Donald Trump.

Democrats launched their Republicans for Harris coalition in August and have since opened a campaign office in Ephrata , which has historically swung for GOP candidates and is expected to again this year.