Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is set to visit Atlanta on Friday as polls show a neck-and-neck race between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden in a state Republicans have long dominated.

Harris is set to headline several virtual fundraisers after arriving in Atlanta before participating in a rally late Friday to urge Georgians to vote early during the final stretch of the race, and it follows the second and final presidential debate.

It is Harris' first visit to Georgia since Biden tapped her as his running-mate in August from a group of finalists that included former gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

It also comes days after U.S. Sen. David Perdue mocked the pronunciation of Harris' name at a Trump rally in Macon, triggering intense intense backlash and roughly $2 million in donations for his Democratic rival, Jon Ossoff.

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