WJFW News
Vice President to Visit Wisconsin
Submitted: 10/24/2012
MADISON - Vice President Joe Biden's schedule is released for a Wisconsin visit this week.
The V-P will speak at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Friday morning.
He'll then be at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha a few hours later.
Both President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney's campaigns see Wisconsin as one of nine states still in play ahead of the election.
Biden's visit on Friday is the fifth time the vice president has stopped in Wisconsin this year.
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