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The Barack Obama campaign has set times and locations for Michelle Obama’s two visits to New Mexico.
Michelle Obama will visit Santa Fe in the morning, meeting with the spouses of military veterans. From the Obama campaign press release:
This roundtable is one of a series of discussions Mrs. Obama has hosted with military families over the last several months to shed light on the reality that when we send soldiers to war, their families go with them. As part of this discussion, Mrs. Obama will share the Obama/Biden plans to strengthen and provide economic security for New Mexico’s military families.
From there, Obama will travel to Albuquerque for a New Mexico Women for Obama voter registration rally. The rally is a public event and will be held at the University of New Mexico Student Union Building ballroom at 4:00 p.m. The doors for the event will open at 3:00 p.m.
Obama will host a New Mexico Women for Obama voter registration rally in Albuquerque, where she will kick-off the state’s "30/30 Project" a voter registration effort to register 30,000 new voters in 30 days. Mrs Obama will talk with women about the importance of the women’s vote in this election. There, she will discuss why her husband will be an extraordinary president and champion the concerns facing working women and families, because as the son of a single mother, husband of a working mom, and the father of two daughters, the concerns of women and families are very close to his heart.
While the event is free, tickets are required for admittance, and tickets can be picked up at either of two locations in Albuquerque: the Nob Hill Campaign for Change Office at 3523 Central Avenue NE or the North Valley Campaign for Change Office at 6344 4th Street NW. Tickets are on a first-come first-serve basis.
This isn’t Obama’s first visit to the Land of Enchantment this political season. Obama was in Las Cruces in February ahead of the Democratic primary and in Albuquerque on May 5. Neither Barack or Michelle Obama have been to Las Cruces since Barack Obama’s visit to the largest city in southern New Mexico on Memorial Day.
It also isn’t the only presidential visit this week.
John McCain will be in Albuquerque on Saturday, though Palin will not appear. McCain foe-turned-supporter Mitt Romney is expected to be in Albuquerque with McCain.
