Obama to campaign for Clinton in battleground North Carolina
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
Nov 2, 2016 2:48 AM CDT
Obama to campaign for Clinton in battleground North Carolina
President Barack Obama points to members of the audience while speaking at Capital University Field House in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Obama is kicking off a week of campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with a stop in battleground Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez...   (Associated Press)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is heading back to North Carolina to help turn out the vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

As if Obama isn't enough of a draw in his own right, Clinton's campaign says he'll be joined at Wednesday's rally in Chapel Hill by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor.

It's the first of two visits Obama has planned this week to North Carolina. It's one of a handful of states The Associated Press rates as toss-ups in the presidential race. On Friday, the president will headline get-out-the-vote rallies for Clinton in Fayetteville and Charlotte.

Obama eked out a win in North Carolina in 2008, but narrowly lost the state four years later.

Democrats want to deny Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a victory in the state next week.