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Trump In The Triad, Clinton In Charlotte As Election Season Heats Up

The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates will be in North Carolina Monday, stumping in one of the most closely contested states of this election cycle.

Newly-minted Republican nominee Donald Trump will stop in Winston-Salem at 8:00 p.m., visiting the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Annex. Several high-profile Republicans will join him, including running mate Mike Pence, Gov. Pat McCrory, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, and U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx.

Trump is fresh off accepting the nomination at the Republican National Convention, which ended Thursday.

Meanwhile, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was scheduled to visit Charlotte Monday morning to address the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention. More than 10,000 veterans are expected to attend.

Trump plans to address the same group on Tuesday.

Clinton is expected to accept her party's nomination this week, with the Democratic National Convention getting underway Monday in Philadelphia.

The fact that both candidates are appearing in North Carolina at the same time underscores the importance of the state on the 2016 electoral map. The Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Clinton and Trump within only a few percentage points of each other.

It's yet to be seen how each candidate's VP picks and conventions will affect public opinion going forward.

Sean Bueter joined WFDD in August 2015 as a reporter covering issues across the Piedmont Triad and beyond.Previously, Sean was a reporter, host and news director at WBOI in Fort Wayne, Ind., just a few hours from where he grew up. He also sorted Steve Inskeep's mail as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C.Sean has experience on a variety of beats, including race, wealth and poverty, economic development, and more. His work has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and APM's Marketplace.In his spare time, Sean plays tennis (reasonably well), golf (reasonably poorly), and scours local haunts for pinball machines to conquer.

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