Obama to campaign for Harris in Pennsylvania, other key states

Former President Obama is preparing to deed the run way adjacent week for Vice President Harris, focusing connected cardinal battleground states successful the pb up to Election Day, according to a elder run authoritative with anonymity to sermon the matter.

Obama, who served back-to-back presumption arsenic president from 2009 done 2017, volition footwear disconnected his thrust successful the Pittsburgh country of Pennsylvania connected Thursday, a authorities which remains 1 of the tightest contests successful the federation and which could extremity the scales for either candidate. 

A Fox News survey of Pennsylvania voters past week found Harris narrowly ahead of Trump by 2 points (50-48%) among registered voters, portion the contention is tied astatine 49% each among apt voters. President Biden won the authorities by much than 80,000 votes successful 2020. 

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Former President Obama speaking during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) astatine the United Center successful Chicago, Illinois connected Aug. 20. Obama is preparing to deed the run way adjacent week for Vice President Harris, focusing connected cardinal battleground states successful the pb up to Election Day. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Obama and erstwhile archetypal woman Michelle Obama officially endorsed Harris for president successful July, 5 days aft President Biden ended his 2024 re-election successful a blockbuster announcement. 

The 44th president past stumped for Harris astatine the Democratic National Convention in Chicago successful August, saying she "is acceptable for the job."

"It’s up to each of america to combat for the America we judge in," Obama said. "And marque nary mistake: It volition beryllium a fight."

"This is simply a idiosyncratic who has spent her beingness warring connected behalf of radical who request a dependable and a champion. Kamala wasn’t calved into privilege. She had to enactment for what she’s got, and she really cares astir what different radical are going through."

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Vice President Kamala Harris takes the signifier connected Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention successful Chicago connected Aug. 22. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Harris and Obama’s relationship goes backmost 20 years to erstwhile they met connected the run way portion helium was moving for Senate successful Illinois, the elder run authoritative says. Harris was an aboriginal protagonist of his 2008 statesmanlike run and adjacent knocked doors for him successful Iowa up of the caucus, per the official. 

Last month, Former President Obama headlined a fundraiser for Harris that raised $4 million, per The Washington Post. His fundraising efforts truthful acold connected her behalf — fundraising contented and events that diagnostic him — person raised $76 million, per the outlet. 

Harris’ run is headed by Jen O'Malley Dillon Harris, a seasoned of Obama's 2 campaigns who besides managed President Biden's 2020 run and built his 2024 cognition from the White House.

Other erstwhile Obama advisers connected the Harris team, include David Plouffe, who was manager of Obama's statesmanlike run successful 2008 and a elder adjutant during his 2012 re-election victory.

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Vice President Kamala Harris, left, arrives to talk astatine a run lawsuit with erstwhile Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., right, astatine Ripon College successful Ripon, Wis., connected Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Harris campaigned successful battleground Wisconsin connected Thursday wherever she campaigned with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney.

Trump, meanwhile, is scheduled to return to Butler, Pennsylvania, connected Saturday for a run event. It volition people his archetypal instrumentality to Butler since the attempted assassination connected July 13.

During a rally Wednesday in Mint Hill, North Carolina, Trump said that helium wanted to instrumentality to the venue to "finish our speech."

Reuters contributed to this report.