Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Clinto will campaign for the Harris-Walz ticket in rural eastern North Carolina next week. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Former President Bill Clinton will visit North Carolina next week to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Clinton will headline a bus tour across the eastern part of the state, the campaign announced Thursday, with a focus on reaching rural voters in the battleground Tar Heel State.
The 42nd president’s trip on the campaign trail will come after Harris visits Greenville for an event Sunday afternoon. Together, the two efforts mark an aggressive new push by the Democratic ticket to win over rural voters in a region that has voted solidly Republican in recent presidential elections.
President Donald Trump’s campaign has also mounted a bus tour across the state this week, visiting campaign offices and county party headquarters with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) and several other formal Trump administration officials.
Both candidates have visited North Carolina within the last week in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Harris met with local officials to receive an update on recovery efforts, met with impacted families and went to a donation center. Trump held a town hall event in Fayetteville, where he spoke on military and immigration issues and criticized the response to the hurricane.
Clinton will also be visiting communities in the battleground state of Georgia next week.