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Michelle Obama and Tim Walz rally Georgia voters a week before Election Day

Georgia will prove again on Tuesday how important the state is to former President Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on the way to the White House.

With Election Day exactly a week away, the Democratic candidate's vice president, Tim Walz, will be in Georgia on Tuesday to rally supporters.

Walz will be in Savannah for a Get Out the Early Vote rally and then travel to Columbus for another rally.

Minnesota's governor won't be the only Democratic heavy hitter in the state on Tuesday. Former first lady Michelle Obama is heading to Atlanta to headline a “When We All Vote” event with Victoria Monet, DJ D-Nice, Kerry Washington, Shonda Rhimes, Ari Lennox and Kelly Rowland.

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks before the arrival of Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, during a campaign event at Wings Event Center on October 26, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Photo by Brandon Bell/G

Launched by Michelle Obama in 2018, When We All Vote is a bipartisan initiative that encourages participation in every election.

The rally will be broadcast live on the When We All Vote website at 7 p.m.

The Democratic Party's push comes a day after former President Donald Trump visited the Peach State – his third trip to the Atlanta area in less than two weeks.

In a speech at McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus, the Republican candidate touched on familiar themes such as inflation, immigration and tax cuts.

Georgia voter turnout update: Approximately 40% of voters cast their ballots

“We will have no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime, and no taxes on benefits for our seniors. “I will support a tax credit for caregivers who care for a parent or loved one,” Trump said.

Trump also lashed out at his opponent, saying Harris was “extremely incompetent” whose time in the White House had “destroyed the middle class.”

According to the Washington Post, there was no swing state that voted more Democratic than Georgia in 2020. Trump won the state by more than 200,000 votes in 2016, but President Joe Biden won it by fewer than 12,000 votes in 2020.

According to new polling averages from Project FiveThirtyEight, Trump is slightly ahead in Georgia – at 48.6% to Harris's 47.1%.

With four more days of early voting, more than 3 million Georgians have already cast their ballots so far – about 42.3% of all eligible voters in the state.