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Mitt Romney Begins Two-Day Swing Through Virginia

Salem, Virginia
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney visited Carter Machinery in Salem, Virginia on Tuesday as part of a two day visit to the swing state. The south-western Virginia company manufactures equipment  for the coal industry.

President Obama carried Virginia in the 2008 election by 6.3 percent. A recent Qunnipiac Poll shows Obama with a 5-point lead in the state. The state voted Republican in all other presidential elections since 1968.

On Wednesday, Romney will travel to Sterling in Northern Virginia.

Video Courtesy of WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, Virginia.

 

Updated: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 4:52pm (ET)

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