Former President Donald Trump will be back in the Tar Heel state Tuesday after crisscrossing North Carolina Monday, with stops that included a tour of Helene damage in Asheville.

Trump will host a rally in Greensboro at the Greensboro Coliseum starting at 7 p.m. Doors open at 3 p.m.


What You Need To Know

  • A rally in Greensboro is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Greensboro Coliseum

  • Former President Donald Trump visited Asheville Monday to tour damage from Helenee 

  • Trump then held a rally in Greenville Monday afternoon, and attended an 11th Hour Faith Leaders meeting with his son, Eric Trump, and Dr. Ben Carson later that evening

The rally comes a day after Trump visited Asheville to see the damage from Helene and give remarks.

Helene was the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland since Katrina in 2005, decimating remote towns throughout Appalachia and killing at least 246 people, with a little over half of the storm-related deaths in North Carolina.

While electricity has nearly been fully restored in western North Carolina, tens of thousands lack access to clean running water. Still, all but four of the 80 early voting sites initially planned for the 25 western counties hardest hit by the storm were open on Thursday.

Following the Asheville visit, the former president then held a rally in eastern North Carolina Monday afternoon before attending an 11th Hour Faith Leaders meeting in Concord that evening.

Both presidential candidates continue to swarm the battleground state even as some residents have already voted early. The State Board of Elections said Friday that a record 353,166 people cast ballots at more than 400 early voting sites statewide on Thursday, compared to 348,599 on the first day in October 2020.

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will also make a stop at the Research Triangle Park to speak at a Get Out the Vote Event Tuesday. Former President Barack Obama will be in Charlotte on Oct. 25 to encourage people to vote early or return their mail-in ballots.

Traditional absentee balloting began several days before Helene reached the state. More than 75,000 ballots were received from in-state, military and overseas voters through Thursday, the board said.

The early-vote period, which continues through Nov. 2 in all 100 counties, is extremely popular in North Carolina. More than 3.6 million ballots — 65% of all ballots — were cast during early voting in the 2020 general election.