Kamala Harris to visit Flint, JD Vance in Marne next week
DETROIT - Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris will campaign in Flint on Friday, and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance will hold two events in Michigan on Wednesday.
The rush of visits, less than five weeks before the Nov. 5 election, points to a close race for the presidency in Michigan, a state that GOP nominee Donald Trump lost by 3 percentage points to Democrat Joe Biden, 48%-51%, four years ago.
Harris, the current vice president, was last in Michigan on Sept. 19 for an appearance with TV host Oprah Winfrey in Farmington Hills. The details of what Harris will be doing on Friday weren't immediately available, but her campaign said she'll be in Flint.
Trump, the former president, participated in a town hall in Flint on Sept. 17 . The city in Genesee County has suffered from a drinking water crisis that began a decade ago , during Republican former Gov. Rick Snyder's administration, when a state-appointed emergency manager made a cost-cutting decision to source the city's water from the Flint River instead of Detroit's system.
In 2020, Biden won Genesee County by about 10 percentage points over Trump, 54%-44% .
The Trump campaign announced on Friday that Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, would give a speech in Auburn Hills on Wednesday, the day after he faces off against Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the vice presidential debate.
On Saturday, the Trump campaign added that Vance will also make a stop at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Berlin Raceway and Entertainment Complex in Marne, located, near Grand Rapids, within Ottawa County's Wright Township .
General admission access is available for the Vance stop in Marne .
Absentee ballots became available across the state of Michigan on Thursday.
This story was originally published September 28, 2024, 6:18 PM.
