Douglas Emhoff to campaign for wife in Tucson same day Donald Trump is there

PHOENIX – Tucson will get a double-dose of presidential campaigning on Thursday, with second gentleman Douglas Emhoff set to appear there the same day as Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Emhoff will stop in Arizona’s second most populous city to support his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, as part of the Democrats’ “New Way Forward” tour of battleground states, the campaign announced Tuesday.

Other than the date, no other details were released about the second gentleman’s upcoming southern Arizona appearance. He’ll also campaign in Henderson, Nevada, on Thursday and attend an event in central Florida the next day as part of the tour.

If Harris wins the November election, she’ll become the first female president in U.S. history and Emhoff would be the country’s first person to use the moniker of first gentleman.

The Emhoff announcement came a day after the Trump campaign said the former president would speak at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall in Tucson at 2 p.m. Thursday.

The Arizona campaign events will take place two days after Trump faces off with Harris in a presidential debate Tuesday night.

Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, is scheduled to appear in Phoenix shortly before the debate, which starts at 6 p.m.

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