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Big name campaign surrogates make final overtures to voters as Election Day nears

NPR | By Stephen Fowler,
Sacha Pfeiffer
Published October 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM CDT

With high profile visits from President Trump, Vice President Vance, former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris, the spotlight is on campaign surrogates in the final days before Election Day.

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Stephen Fowler is a political reporter with NPR’s Washington Desk, where he currently reports on the restructuring of federal government and the future of the Democratic and Republican parties after Donald Trump’s return to office.
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Correspondent, Investigations
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