DETROIT—The Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns vied for voters’ attention in dueling rallies in key battleground states on Aug. 7.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her newly designated running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, stumped in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The pair made a stop at the Detroit–Wayne County airport that evening.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), running mate of Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump, spoke outside the Shelby Township Police Department in Michigan on the morning of Aug. 7 before hosting his own event in Eau Claire that afternoon.
At the Harris–Walz rally in Eau Claire, Walz leaned into his Midwestern roots, touting his upbringing in small-town Nebraska, his 24-year military service, and his experience as a high school teacher and coach….