Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama to rally in Kalamazoo
Vice President Kamala Harris will rally in Kalamazoo alongside Michelle Obama on Saturday, the same day as early in-person voting begins statewide in Michigan.
It will be the former first lady’s first campaign event with Harris this cycle, although she also spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August.
The Kalamazoo rally is slated for the same day as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to host a noon rally in Novi. Trump running mate JD Vance has a planned stop in Waterford Township on Thursday, and Trump will also stop in Traverse City Friday evening.
Trump won Grand Traverse County, where Traverse City is located, in 2020 against President Joe Biden by just over 1,800 votes though he lost Oakland County, which holds Waterford Township, that same cycle by over 108,000 votes.
Kalamazoo County, meanwhile, has been trending away from Trump and towards Democrats. Hillary Clinton won there with 53% of the vote in 2016, a performance Biden bested with 58% of the vote in 2020.
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