Shelby Le Duc, and Jeff Bollier

Green Bay Press Gazette

Here they come.

President Obama and Hillary Clinton will campaign in Green Bay on Wednesday, though details about when and where have yet to be announced.

The announcement of the event followed Obama's endorsement of Clinton in an online video released on Thursday.

"I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. She’s got the courage, the compassion, and the heart to get the job done," Obama said in the video. "I have seen her judgment. I've seen her toughness. I've seen her commitment to our values up close. And I’ve seen her determination to give every American a fair shot at opportunity, no matter how tough the fight — that’s what's always driven her, and still does."

Rich Langan, vice chairman of the Democratic Party of Brown County called the joint appearance by Obama and Clinton a historic event.

"The first African American president introducing, potentially, the first female president?" Langan said. "It doesn't get any better than this. People are excited. It's going to energize the base. It's one of the best things to happen in my lifetime."

He said those interested in more details about the event can text "WI" to the number 47246 for updates on where and when the event will be held.

Clinton and Obama's joint visit will likely be the first of many campaign stops in Northeastern Wisconsin for Clinton, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and their surrogates. St. Norbert College Professor of Political Science Dave Wegge said said the open, competitive race for the 8th Congressional District seat and the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Russ Feingold will draw additional attention.

"Clearly, this part of the state has often been one of the most competitive areas in the state of Wisconsin in elections," Wegge said. "I think that's particularly true this year when you think about that we will have an open seat in the 8th Congressional District, a competitive U.S. Senate race and the presidential race."

The Johnson-Feingold race is rated "Tilts Democrat" by Roll Call's Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report. The report rates the 8th Congressional District race a "Toss Up."

"For each of those (races), I think they’re all seeing this as, on the Republican side for the Senate and congressional races, a possible area to pay a lot of attention to or they might lose it," Wegge said. "The Wisconsin Senate race is one Democrats look at nationally and think it’s one they can pick up."

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Carla Schroeder, a Democrat working in the county party's office Thursday, said she's excited for Clinton to return to Green Bay less than three months after she made a March 29 campaign stop at the Riverside Ballroom during the run-up to the Wisconsin presidential primary.

"I got my picture taken with her. I stood on the stage behind her," Schroeder said. "It was very exciting. I'm already looking forward to next Wednesday, as well. And that she'll be with the president is doubly exciting."

Obama was last in Green Bay on Jan.. 26, 2011, when he spoke at Austin Straubel Airport. He also stopped in Green Bay on June 11, 2009, for a town hall discussion about health care at Green Bay Southwest High School. It was one of 18 times Obama has visited Wisconsin as both a candidate and president, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

While in Green Bay, Obama and Clinton will discuss "building on the progress we've made and their vision for an America that is stronger together," according to a statement from the Clinton campaign.

Republican Party of Wisconsin spokesman Pat Garrett seized on the announcement to attack Clinton on her record, including her use of a private server to store emails during her tenure as secretary of state, calling them "a deep concern to voters who want an honest and transparent White House."

"Wisconsin has rejected Hillary Clinton in the past and will do so again in November," Garrett said in a statement.

Schroeder said she thinks Clinton and Obama's decision to visit Green Bay just more than a week after she clinched the Democratic nomination is a sign of how important Brown County and northeastern Wisconsin voters will be to the November general election.

"I think it certainly does tell us we’re going to be important," Schroeder said. "It has been studied at various levels, and people know Brown County is very important."

Langan said the campaign stop will help build on the energy of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin convention held last weekend in Ashwaubenon and shows how important Northeastern Wisconsin is to winning the state as a whole in the Nov. 8 general election.

"You have to win Northeastern Wisconsin if you want to win Wisconsin and that's why their first stop is Green Bay: We're the heart of Northeastern Wisconsin," Langan said.

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