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Trump's campaign and that of his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, are ramping up their campaigns in the final two weeks before Election Day.

Trump had three stops in North Carolina on Monday. After the Asheville area, he held a rally across the state in Greenville and spoke at a faith leaders event in Concord, where he appealed to Christian voters by repeating his criticism of transgender athletes playing on women's sports teams and his proposal to conduct a large-scale deportation operation. Trump said that during his administration, he fought for Christians 69制片厂制作传媒渓ike no president has ever fought before.69制片厂制作传媒�

Harris on Monday ,69制片厂制作传媒� traveling to suburban Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. She held a series of conversations with moderated by GOP strategist Sarah Longwell, publisher of the Bulwark, a commentary site for anti-Trump conservatives, and conservative radio host Charlie Sykes. Trump won those three states in 2016 and lost them in 2020, and Harris could all but lock up the presidency if she swept them.

Cheney, a former Wyoming congressman who lost her seat after she spoke out against Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, offered advice to her fellow Republicans who are uneasy with Trump but not comfortable broadcasting support for a Democrat.

69制片厂制作传媒淵ou can vote your conscience and not ever have to say a word to anybody," Cheney said.

Hurricane Helene displaced thousands of voters

Many North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene moved Election Day precincts or changed early voting sites. Thousands of voters remained displaced or without power or water as early voting commenced. Both parties are scrambling to check their turnout operations.

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Despite extensive damage across western North Carolina, Trump said he saw no reason for the storm to cast doubt on the North Carolina election results.

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Republican Renee Kyro, who lives a short drive from , said she knows 69制片厂制作传媒減lenty of Trump supporters who lost everything,69制片厂制作传媒� and others who remain in their homes but don69制片厂制作传媒檛 have reliable internet or phone connections and may not know their polling location.

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State Sen. Natalie Murdock, who doubles as political director for Democrats' coordinated campaign in the state, said the party has the apparatus to reach their target voters in the disaster zone. Field workers in some of Democrats69制片厂制作传媒� two-dozen-plus offices around the state have engaged in recovery efforts, distributing water and other supplies to residents.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, urged Trump not to "share lies or misinformation69制片厂制作传媒� about the storm recovery.

Many storm survivors lost everything, and they want help and truth, Cooper said Monday at a briefing in Asheville.

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Democrats are running both on Helene and Mark Robinson

Even before Helene, North Carolina was all the more compelling because of its history of split-ticket voting. It69制片厂制作传媒檚 one of the few states that features competitive governor69制片厂制作传媒檚 races concurrent with presidential contests.

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Democrats hope Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson69制片厂制作传媒檚 latest struggles, centered on CNN69制片厂制作传媒檚 revelations that the state's first Black lieutenant governor once called himself a 69制片厂制作传媒淏lack Nazi69制片厂制作传媒� and posted lascivious statements on a porn website, turn thousands of Cooper-Trump voters into supporters of Harris and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Stein. Robinson has denied the allegations and CNN, calling its report defamatory.

Trump demurred Monday when asked whether voters should support Robinson, whom Trump has endorsed and has referred to as 69制片厂制作传媒淢artin Luther King on steroids.69制片厂制作传媒�

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Associated Press writers Thomas Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, Colleen Long in Washington and Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix contributed to this report.