Elizabeth Warren, potential running mate, will hit the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton next week in Ohio
The event will take place at the site of Mitt Romney's first official general election rally in 2012.
After a spring of launching missives into the presidential race from afar, Sen. Elizabeth Warren will hit the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton in person for the first time next week.
The Massachusetts senator, who is reportedly being vetted as Clinton’s potential running mate, will campaign with the presumptive Democratic nominee Monday morning at a public event in Cincinnati.
“Clinton and Warren will discuss their shared commitment to building an America that is stronger together and an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top,” the Clinton campaign said Wednesday in a statement.
The event, hosted by the Ohio Democratic Party, is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. The “multi-museum complex,” which has hosted presidents and presidential candidates dating back to Franklin D. Roosevelt, was also the site of Mitt Romney’s first official rally as the 2012 Republican nominee.
After withholding her endorsement throughout the Democratic primary, Warren backed Clinton earlier this month shortly after the former secretary of state clinched the number of delegates required for the nomination—becoming the first American woman to claim a major-party presidential nomination.
The Boston Globe reported Wednesday that Warren is being vetted to be Clinton’s vice presidential candidate. The Massachusetts senator, who with Clinton would combine for an even more historic two-woman presidential ticket, is among several Democrats being “seriously considered,” according to the Globe.
Sen. Tim Kaine, a moderate former governor-turned-senator from Virginia, and Julian Castro, the 41-year-old Housing and Urban Development secretary, are also among the finalists being vetted to be Clinton’s running mate, according to the Associated Press.
A recent Bloomberg poll found that Warren was the top pick among Clinton supporters to be the Democratic vice presidential nominee.
Clinton returns to Ohio less than a week after her speech Tuesday in Columbus, in which she criticized presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s business record and economic policies.
Recent general election polls, which are far from predictive this early on in the race, show Clinton with a slight lead over Trump in Ohio, which is seen as a crucial battleground state ahead of the November election.
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