What to know about Donald Trump's visit to Wisconsin. Where he'll be, when it starts, how to get tickets
MADISON — Republican former President Donald Trump will return to Wisconsin on Saturday to hold a rally in Mosinee, a city in the central part of the state near Wausau and Stevens Point.
It will be his fourth rally in the battleground state this year.
Here's what we know about the visit.
Trump will return to the Central Wisconsin Airport
This will be Trump's third campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Airport, which is owned by Marathon and Portage counties.
After winning Wisconsin in 2016, the then-president in 2018 campaigned in Mosinee for then-Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir. Walker was unseated that year by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, and Vukmir lost her challenge to Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
He used the same airport for a rally during his 2020 campaign.
Mosinee is located within Wisconsin's solidly red 7th Congressional District, which is currently held by Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany.
The rally is scheduled to start around 1 p.m. Tickets are available here.
This is Trump's fourth Wisconsin stop this year
The former president was last in Wisconsin a week ago, when he held a town hall event in La Crosse. This will be his fourth rally of this campaign cycle in Wisconsin, after holding events in Green Bay, Waukesha and Racine.
Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, has also frequented the state since joining the ticket, declaring at a recent stop in Kenosha: "I basically live in Wisconsin now."
Economic focus expected
"Voting red will ensure Wisconsinites can experience a thriving economy full of better jobs, higher income, and lower unemployment rates. If Americans want more money in their pockets, the only option is to vote for President Trump," the campaign said in a release.
Trump visit follows Walz, Biden events
Democratic President Joe Biden visited rural Westby, in the western part of the state, to announce more than $7.3 billion in financing for electrification of rural America.
Biden's stop — representing the White House, and not the Harris campaign — came days after Harris's running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke to union members at Laborfest in Milwaukee, addressing a key Democratic constituency in his first visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin since receiving the party's formal nomination for vice president.
Presidential race is tight in Wisconsin
Harris and Trump are in a statistical dead heat in Wisconsin, according to the first Marquette University Law School poll measuring the relatively new head-to-head matchup, released about a month ago.
Among registered voters, 50% supported Trump and 49% supported Harris. Among likely voters, 50% supported Harris and 49% supported Trump, according to the poll. When polling for President Joe Biden and Trump, Biden was at 42% and Trump at 47% among registered voters.
That poll was conducted before Harris and Walz accepted their party's nominations at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The pair held a rally at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on the second night of the convention that drew about 18,000 supporters.
Jessie Opoien can be reached at [email protected].
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What to know about Donald Trump's Saturday visit to Wisconsin