Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in North Carolina Thursday, making stops in Charlotte and Greensboro, according to the Harris campaign. 

What You Need To Know

  • Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Charlotte and Greensboro Thursday

  • Harris' North Carolina stop is part of a swing state tour through the key battlegrounds ahead of November's election

  • Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will spend the day in Michigan

Harris' North Carolina stop is part of a swing state tour through the key battlegrounds ahead of November's election. The tour kicks off Thursday, Sept. 12, two days after the vice president faced off with former President Donald Trump at the presidential debate in Philadelphia, and wraps up on Sunday, Sept. 15. 

The four-day “New Way Forward” tour will include “events in every media market in every battleground state,” according to the Harris campaign. 

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Harris will stop at Bojangles Arena in Charlotte to speak at about 3:40 p.m. Thursday before heading to the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro at about 6:50 p.m. Traffic delays are expected.

Traffic impacts

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said road closures will begin at about 2 p.m. along Interstate 77 and East Independence Boulevard, between Interstate 277 and Eastway Drive. Traffic delays are also anticipated around the Charlotte Douglas International Airport between 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will spend the day in Michigan. 

This will be Harris' ninth trip to North Carolina this year and her 17th since taking office. 

Trump was in Charlotte to accept an endorsement for president from a national organization of rank-and-file police officers Friday evening. 

Harris was in Raleigh last month to deliver remarks on her plan to lower costs for middle-class families and take on corporate price-gouging.

The second gentleman, Douglas Emhoff, and the first lady of Minnesota will deliver remarks at a Harris-Walz campaign "Fighting for Reproductive Freedom" bus tour stop in Raleigh at 2 p.m. Monday. Later in the afternoon, Emhoff will deliver remarks at a team Harris-Waltz volunteer phone bank in Raleigh. 

The Harris-Walz campaign is also launching a new ad nationwide called “New Way Forward” to play off their swing state tour. The ad, which is part of the campaign’s $370 million investment in TV and digital reservations between Labor Day and Election Day, will focus on Harris’ economic policy proposals of a federal ban on price gouging groceries, tackling prescription drug prices, and creating more affordable housing.

The ad is set to air in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nebraska, with tailored versions of the ad targeted to each state.