ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - In her quest to become the nation’s first female president and first woman of color chief executive, Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Atlanta on Friday.

The Harris presidential campaign confirmed her appearance, and said the Democratic presidential nominee’s focus will be on reproductive care.

The issue of abortion has become a central issue in the 2024 presidential election. Harris has repeatedly criticized former President Donald Trump for appointing U.S. Supreme Court justices who were in favor of overturning what once was the nation’s landmark abortion law, Roe v. Wade.

In 2022, Roe v. Wade was overturned in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which the nation’s highest court held the U.S. constitution does not confer the right to an abortion.

Both Trump and Harris have made Georgia a priority. Harris has appeared six times in the Peach State this year, and her last stop was during a July 29, 2024, rally in Atlanta. That stop was just before she clinched the Democrat nomination for president, which came in the wake of President Biden’s stunning decision to end his 2024 reelection bid.

On Monday, JD Vance, the one-term Ohio U.S. senator who is Trump’s vice presidential running mate, headlined the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition’s victory dinner at the Cobb Galleria Centre.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was also in Georgia on Monday and Tuesday.

Gwen Walz, the First Lady of Minnesota, will be in Augusta on Thursday and Friday.

Trump leads Harris in Georgia by a margin well within a survey’s margin of error, according to a new poll released Tuesday and published on Real Clear Politics.

According to a statewide survey conducted by The Trafalgar Group, Trump has 46.2% over Harris’ 44.5%; 3.3% chose another candidate and 6% are undecided.

The survey was conducted Sept. 11-13, 2024, among 1,098 respondents who are likely 2024 general election voters. The poll’s response rate was 3.7%, with a margin of error of 2.9%.

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