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FILE - In this July 1, 2020, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence, left, puts his face mask back on as Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey does the same after a news conference to discuss their meeting on the surge in coronavirus cases in Arizona in Phoenix. With the coronavirus spreading out of control and Arizona cities just beginning to require residents to wear masks in public last month, a few hundred people gathered in Scottsdale to make clear they did not approve of the heavy hand of government telling them to cover their faces. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

PHOENIX Hot on the heels of the presidents trip to Phoenix to woo Hispanic voters, the vice president will visit the Valley on a similar mission.

On Monday morning, Vice President Mike Pence announced he is coming to town Friday to participate in a Libre Initiative Roundtable for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Pence will also take part in a Veterans for Trump event during the campaign trip.

No other details about the vice presidents visit were made available.

It will come four days after President Donald Trump is scheduled to campaign at a Latinos for Trump roundtable event at the Arizona Grand Resort on Monday afternoon.

Trumps visit and the announcement of Pences visit came on the same day a new poll showed the Republican ticket falling behind former Vice President Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris by 10 percentage points in Arizona.

That represented a shift of 6 points in Bidens favor over the past month, according to polling by Phoenix-based research firm OH Predictive Insights.

According to the polling average compiled by FiveThirtyEight.com, Trump trails Biden by 5 points in Arizona.

Only one Democrat, Bill Clinton in 1996, has won a presidential race in Arizona since Harry Truman in 1948.

The incumbent trails in Arizona despite Mondays visit being his fifth to the state during the campaign cycle.

Fridays trip to the Grand Canyon State will be Pences third in the past three months. He was last in Arizona on Aug. 11, when he attended campaign stops in Phoenix and Tucson.

Before then, July 1, he met with Gov. Doug Ducey in Phoenix to discuss the states effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.

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