Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to fuel her presidential momentum with events in battleground states. Her campaign last week released a list of 25 pro-Harris events in 10 states featuring local officials and labor leaders.
Ohio did not make the cut. Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Georgia, Minnesota, Florida, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada did.
The Buckeye State has fallen into former President Donald Trump’s column twice since 2016. Before President Joe Biden dropped out, the available polling showed Trump headed for an Ohio three-peat.
GOP veep nominee Sen. JD Vance held a rally in his Southwest Ohio hometown earlier this month. It remains to be seen what presence the Harris campaign will have here. Four years ago, Biden made a few stops in Ohio, and Harris swung through Cleveland days before the election.
Even if Ohio’s swing-state sheen has worn off, national Democrats have reason to pay it attention. Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is fighting to keep his seat against Republican Bernie Moreno.
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