The importance of North Carolina and the Fayetteville region in the race for president will be highlighted again on Friday with two campaign stops.
First Lady Jill Biden will visit Fayetteville on Friday afternoon on behalf of Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris. The location has not yet been made public; people who RSVP will be notified, a Harris campaign announcement says.
Republican U.S. J.D. Vance of Ohio, the vice presidential candidate for former President Donald Trump, on Friday afternoon will visit an ammunition factory near Raeford in Hoke County, a Trump campaign announcement says.
North Carolina is one of about a half-dozen swing states that could decide the outcome of the presidential election. Both major-party campaigns have invested heavily here.
In recent weeks, Democratic former President Bill Clinton made two campaign stops in Fayetteville for Harris, Trump had a Q&A with voters here, and four Republican U.S. House members from Florida appeared in neighboring Grays Creek for Trump.
Jill Biden event
Jill Biden, the wife of President Joe Biden, will headline a “Veterans & Military Families Canvass Launch.”
People who would like to attend can sign up via this event page.
J.D. Vance event
Vance is scheduled to appear at 2:30 p.m. at Defender Ammunition Co., northeast of Raeford. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
People who would like to attend may register here for general admission tickets.
Senior reporter Paul Woolverton can be reached at 910-261-4710 and pwoolverton@cityviewnc.com.
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