SALEM, Va. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is set to make a campaign stop in Virginia.
According to Romney’s campaign website, he is scheduled to speak at the Carter Machinery Company in Salem on Tuesday afternoon.
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The former Massachusetts governor made campaign stops in Chantilly and Portsmouth in early May. He also delivered the commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg.
Virginia is considered a critical battleground state in the fall election. Obama won Virginia in 2008, the first time a Democrat won the state’s electoral votes since 1964.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/LK9OX6) that the Roanoke-Lynchburg area is seen as one of the most important regions in the state along with the Richmond area and Hampton Roads.
President Barack Obama officially kicked off his reelection effort in Richmond last month.