Kamala Harris is planning a two-day swing through Georgia
Vice President Kamala Harris will kick off a bus tour through South Georgia on Wednesday that will culminate with a Thursday evening rally in Savannah as she tries to sustain the momentum from her party’s nominating convention.
The Democratic nominee will be joined on Wednesday by her running-mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in their first appearance together in Georgia. On Thursday, Harris will headline the Savannah rally solo.
The two were set to barnstorm Savannah earlier this month as part of a nationwide battleground state tour, but their stop was postponed as Hurricane Debby menaced Georgia’s coast.
Campaign officials say the bus tour is modeled after a recent swing through Western Pennsylvania that included stops at Harris campaign field offices and a high school football practice. The agenda for the Georgia trip hasn’t yet been released.
With polls showing a tight race between Harris and former President Donald Trump in Georgia, Democrats are ramping up their efforts to recapture the battleground state. The Harris campaign on Friday released a new TV ad in Georgia on her economic agenda.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in Georgia
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has journalists traveling with Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, on a two-day swing through southeast Georgia that ends Thursday evening with a rally in Savannah at the Enmarket Arena and and a sit-down interview airing on CNN.
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- Friday on “Politically Georgia”: Savannah Mayor Van Johnson joins the show to talk about Vice President Harris campaign rally. He’ll also review sound from Harris’ first joint interview with Gov. Walz. Then, Rep. Buddy Carter offers the Republican ground game. Plus, we answer questions from the listener mailbag
Trump’s campaign is ceding no ground, pouring more than $20 million into a new volley of TV ads in the state. Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, campaigned in Valdosta, hoping to drive up turnout in a deep-red part of the state.
And Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp moved to heal a long-standing feud that the former president revived at his rally in Atlanta earlier this month amid GOP concerns that the tiff will alienate mainstream and independent voters.
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Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.
