Harris, Trump Rally In Georgia As Campaign Nears An End

Updated Monday at 8:21 a.m.

Two days out from the election and candidates are sprinting to the finish on the campaign trail. Sen. Kamala Harris is campaigning in North Carolina and Georgia, two states President Donald Trump is also visiting.

In her second trip to Georgia in 10 days, Harris thanked Democratic voting rights activist Stacey Abrams for proving Georgia is now a battleground state.

Campaigning in Duluth outside Atlanta, Harris said Abrams’ 2018 governor’s race solidified Georgia’s status as more than a Republican stronghold. Harris narrowly lost her bid to become the first Black woman governor in U.S. history. Two years later, Georgia is a presidential tossup.

Harris told a few hundred supporters at a drive-in rally, “Look at where we are in Georgia.”

“So I am back in Georgia to thank you for all you’ve been doing these years, and these months and these weeks and these days,” she said. “Look at the kind of turnout we’ve already seen in terms of early voting.”

Georgia hasn’t sided with Democrats in a presidential race since 1992, and Trump can’t afford to lose its 16 electoral votes. The president also headed to Georgia on Sunday evening.

Trump held a rally in Rome that featured Republicans such as Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and Sen. David Perdue.

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Trump expressed confidence that he already has victory in Georgia assured as he campaigns in the newly competitive battleground two days before Election Day.

Trump told thousands of supporters at a rally in northwestern Georgia that his aides told him he had the state “made.”

“They said sir you don’t have to come to Georgia. We have it made.”

He adds: “They said this morning, honestly, you can skip Georgia.”

The state, like much of the country, has seen record turnout in early voting, as Democrats aim to capture demographic changes to find a new pathway to the presidency through the state. Trump is wagering on a boom of Republican votes to help him overcome Democratic advantages in early voting.

This year, polling shows the presidential race as too close to call.

WABE reporter Emma Hurt contributed to this report.