[R] John McCain coming to Youngstown April 22, 2008

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Per MVRed.com

McCain
Chestnut Room at Kilkwawley Center
12:15PM
TUESDAY

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YOUNGSTOWN — John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will visit the Youngstown area April 22, according to his campaign.

The area stop is part of a four- to five-day tour McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, is making to locations Republicans typically don't visit, a campaign official said.

Other locations include Thomasville, a rural city in Alabama, where the McCain tour starts April 21.

McCain is expected to discuss the challenges facing the communities he visits, according to his campaign.

"He's on a fact-finding mission to get firsthand reports from the heartland of America," said Mark Munroe, Mahoning County Republican Party vice chairman.

The McCain campaign is still working on the time and location of the visit, but it's expected to be in Youngstown or a surrounding community.

McCain was supposed to hold a fundraiser in Trumbull County in June, said Craig Bonar, that county's Republican chairman. That event is postponed and is expected to be rescheduled for July, Bonar said.

McCain visited the Mahoning Valley in October 2005 and August 2006 to raise money for then-U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine, a fellow Republican and a friend for more than 25 years.