>> MICHIGAN CONTINUES TO BE ON THE RADAR OF BOTH MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES AS THEY TRY TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE. REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JD VANCE WAS BACK IN THE STATE AGAIN TODAY MARKING HIS 4TH VISIT TO MICHIGAN SINCE BEING NOMINATED LAST MONTH. >> POLITICAL REPORTER RICK ALBIN IS BACK FROM NEAR BIG RAPIDS WHERE TODAY'S VISIT HAPPENED. RICK BRIAN KNIGHT WAS INCREDIBLY HOT AFTERNOON BEFORE THOSE STORMS BLEW THROUGH IN A FEW 100 SUPPORTERS GATHERED AT A. >> HORSE FARM NORTH OF BIG RAPIDS. THEY BREED THE SUN BEARING DOWN ON HIM TO HEAR WHAT THE OHIO SENATOR HAD TO SAY AND MUCH OF THAT. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WAS CRITICISM OF THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION. BUT VANCE ALSO MADE IT CLEAR. THE ONE OF THE REASONS HE IS HERE IS BECAUSE MICHIGAN MATTERS WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING THE WHITE HOUSE. POLITICIANS CAMPAIGN IN MICHIGAN, OF COURSE THEY TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. >> BUT THE SHEER VOLUME OF VISITS BY THE CANDIDATES POINT OUT THAT BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS THINK THE STATE IS IN PLAY. EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE AND DOZENS OF OTHERS BY CANDIDATES AND SURROGATES. >> ARE ONE OF THE WAYS BOTH SIDES HOPE TO GET YOUR VOTE. TODAY. VANCE CRITICIZED THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN PARTICULAR ASKING THE CROWD IF THEY WERE BETTER OFF THAN THEY WERE 4 YEARS AGO. >> AND REMINDED THEM OF SOME OF WHAT HE SAYS WERE SUCCESSES WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE. >> IT IS GREAT TO BE IN THE GREAT STATE OF MICHIGAN. 69 DAYS. MY FRIENDS WERE TO TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK. WE'RE GOING ELECT DONALD J TRUMP, PRESIDENT UNITED STATES IT IS GOING TO START RIGHT HERE WITH THE GREAT PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN. GAS WAS $2. A GALLON. HOUSING. >> WAS AFFORDABLE FOR YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE. WAGES WERE RISING IN THIS WORD, INFLATION. THAT'S ALL PEOPLE TALK ABOUT NOW. IT WASN'T EVEN AN ISSUE. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE WHITE HOUSE WITH AN OPEN US SENATE SEAT AND COMPETITIVE US HOUSE RACES. >> MICHIGAN COULD HAVE A BROADER IMPACT. ACCORDING TO CONGRESSMAN BILL HIGH-A NOT ONLY IS IT A NEW CANDIDATE. IT'S A NEW WAY OF VOTING HERE IN MICHIGAN, YOU KNOW, WITH EARLY VOTING. >> NO REASON ABSENTEE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS OUT. MAKE EVERYONE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT IN MICHIGAN IS HERE'S THE ONE THING WE DO NOW, BOTH SIDES RECOGNIZE THAT THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THE ROAD TO THE SENATE MAJORITY AND FRANKLY THE ROAD TO THE U.S. HOUSE MAJORITY RUNS RIGHT THROUGH MICHIGAN. >> THE WEBSITE TO 72 WIN SHOWS MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN AND PENNSYLVANIA ARE STILL UP ARE STILL TOSS UPS AND THOSE ARE THE BIG ONE SAID HISTORICALLY, YOU NEED TO WIN 2 OF THOSE 3 TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE. NORTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA ARE ARE