CHARLOTTE, N.C. β On April 4, Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to North Carolina, where she will open a new coordinated campaign office in Charlotte. The office opening is part of the North Carolina Democratic coordinated campaignβs launch of 10 new offices across the state dedicated to reelecting President Biden and Democrats up and down the ballot. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign does not have a presence in the Tar Heel state.
Harrisβ visit will mark the fourth time this year the state has played host to the vice president, and her second trip to Charlotte, as the contest between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump heats up.
The frequency of their trips isnβt likely to slow down. With North Carolina poised as a key battleground state in the Biden-Trump rematch, political insiders expect to see a lot of both candidates in the coming months. Despite losing the general election to Biden in 2020, Trump won the Tar Heel State by a 1.4-point margin β far more narrowly than his nearly 3.7-point lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
In her visit last week at John Chavis Memorial Park in Raleigh, Harris decried the countryβs high maternal mortality rate, praising the Biden administrationβs efforts to expand Medicaid to cover more postpartum care, The N&O reported.
In previous visits to North Carolina, Harris has stopped in Durham to announce millions in federal funding for women- and minority-led businesses in the state. Her January trip to Charlotte, where she spoke and met with students at Eastway Middle School, focused on violence prevention and mental health.
