WAUSAU – Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz made the Harris-Walz campaign’s first high-profile visit to central Wisconsin on Friday, launching a battleground state push in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.
Walz, the governor of Minnesota, met with Democratic volunteers in Wausau following stops in Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan. On Saturday, Walz plans to hold a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in northwestern Wisconsin.
The stops are part of what the campaign says is a “more aggressive phase on the campaign trail” following Vice President Kamala Harris’ debate performance against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night. That strategy, the campaign said in a memo, involves “stumping across battleground states” as Harris seeks to build post-debate momentum.
Trump rallied in nearby Mosinee last week. The area is part of Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District that has voted heavily for Trump in the past two elections.