Former President Barack Obama will hold a campaign rally in Milwaukee on Sunday, just two days before the election that will pit Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris against Republican former President Donald Trump.
Obama’s return to Wisconsin to stump for Harris comes on the final day of in-person absentee voting in this key swing state. It’s a fitting return, given that his first visit of this campaign was last week in Madison on the first day early voting.
As of Friday morning, more than 1.3 million absentee ballots had been returned by Wisconsin voters. Of those, 801,083 were via in-person absentee voting, according to Wisconsin Elections Commission data.
The rally will take place at the Baird Center, according to a post from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
The event will end before the Green Bay Packers game begins at 3:25 p.m., according to the post.
Obama appeared last week with Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Walz and his wife, Gwen Walz, will also be returning to Wisconsin on Monday as part of a battleground state “blitz,” according to the campaign.
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They will deliver remarks at Get Out The Vote campaign events in La Crosse and Stevens Point in the afternoon.
Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, will also be in La Crosse on Monday, a Trump campaign official confirmed Friday evening.
In the evening, he will speak at a rally in Milwaukee.
(This story has been updated to add new information.)
Alison Dirr can be reached at adirr@jrn.com.
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