Harris goes to North Carolina to resume campaigning in a state hit hard by Hurricane Helene

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with Black leaders in North Carolina on Saturday and attend church and hold a rally in the state on Sunday, according to her campaign.

The weekend trip is her second to the battleground state after it was struck by Hurricane Helene, with Harris stepping back into campaign mode in a place that Democrats see as a potential pick-up in November's election. North Carolina narrowly backed Republican Donald Trump in 2020.

The Democratic presidential nominee went to North Carolina last week to survey the destruction caused by Helene and pledged assistance for its victims. She was to attend church Sunday as part of her campaign's “Souls to the Polls” effort in Greenville, a city of roughly 90,000 on the state's coastal plain.

Before departing the Washington area, Harris told reporters accompanying her that she looked forward to talking with residents “first and foremost to see how they're doing in the wake of the hurricane.” She also said she would be talking about her plan to create an “opportunity economy.”



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