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Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine won't be coming back to Florida this week after all.
An intensifying tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico has prompted Kaine to cancel a planned trip to Pensacola and Panama City on Thursday and to Jacksonville on Friday.
Hillary Clinton's campaign previously said that, in Pensacola, Kaine was to meet with military families. And in Panama City and Jacksonville, Kaine was expected to to talk about Trump's rhetoric regarding African Americans, Latinos, women, veterans and people with disabilities.
It's unclear whether the trip will be re-scheduled.
The National Weather Service upgraded Tropical Depression 9 into Tropical Storm Hermine this afternoon. State officials caution the possibility of it reaching Category 1 Hurricane status by the time it makes landfall in the Big Bend area, likely later Thursday.
Kaine was in Florida just last week for a couple fundraisers, a voter registration event at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee and other events in South Florida.
Photo credit: Hillary Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine speaks at Florida A&M University on Aug. 26, 2016 to encourage voter registration. Joe Rondone / Tallahassee Democrat
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