Live updates: Trump, Vance zip across South to shore up GOP votes

With less than a week out until Election Day , candidates attempt to leave their final mark on voters.

President Trump will hold a lunchtime rally Thursday in Rock Hill, S.C., on the North Carolina border, to gin up voter enthusiasm for Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.), who is facing a tougher-than-expected race against Democratic opponent Annie Andrews.

Vice President Vance is headed to Weatherford, Texas, to headline a Republican rally. He’ll continue GOP efforts to boost Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, in his Senate race against Democrat James Talarico. Trump visited Texas three times in October to stump for Paxton in a contest that is also tighter than anticipated.

Former Vice President Harris will be in Macon, Ga., to garner support for Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) in his bid for reelection. Her visit comes one day after former President Obama campaigned on the senator’s behalf in Atlanta.

Obama hammered home Democrats’ affordability message — and also swung back at President Trump in the pair’s Cheesecake Factory spat . “They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke. Not to inflation, but to that joke,” he said.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) late Wednesday ordered an investigation into whether Mary Peltola’s (D) Senate campaign violated the state law when it reportedly recruited candidates in an effort to detract support from her Republican opponent. The controversy surrounding Peltola may not change the race much, though.

Trump and first lady Melania Trump are hosting a Halloween at the White House on Thursday evening. The president will also participate in a pair of tele-rallies