CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance will be in Charlotte next week, the Trump campaign confirmed on Friday.
Vance is scheduled to speak at Halton Theater at 5 p.m. on Elizabeth Avenue. He'll then speak at a Believers and Ballots coalition event at Freedom House Church in northeast Charlotte. The event starts at 6:30 p.m.
The Believers and Ballots program, which was launched by the Trump campaign, organizes church congregations in key battleground states, such as North Carolina.
Vance has made several trips to North Carolina since being picked by former President Donald Trump this summer. He was in Raleigh earlier this week where he delivered a 20-minute speech that criticized President Joe Biden's energy and immigration policies.
"We could have such a better economy for working families if we actually had smarter policies," Vance told WRAL before his speech.
Both campaigns have spent considerable time and money in North Carolina, with Vice President Harris and Trump both hosting rallies in Charlotte. A recent WRAL poll showed Harris with a narrow 3-point lead over Trump. North Carolina hasn't gone to a Democrat since former President Barack Obama in 2008. Before that, you have to go all the way back to 1976 when Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford to find a Democratic presidential win in North Carolina.