Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump dueled it out during their first presidential debate on Tuesday and, with the debate behind them, they are now traveling to different swing states where they will get the chance to speak directly with voters.

Trump has his sights set on Arizona, where he will hold a rally in Tucson, while the Harris team is heading to North Carolina, where she's scheduled to hold events in Charlotte and Greensboro.

Arizona and North Carolina are both considered among prized battlegrounds for the 2024 election and the opposing campaigns undoubtedly understand that securing either will help expand their narrow paths to victory in a closely fought presidential race.

Thursday’s events come after both candidates spent Wednesday commemorating those who lost their lives during the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Polling experts say only a handful of battleground states will ultimately decide the outcome of the election and the candidates’ respective destinations give insight into their strategies.

Trump won North Carolina in both of his previous White House bids. The former president held rallies throughout the state last month and Republicans have been confident about his chances to win the state for a third time.

However, Trump's 2020 margin of victory in the state was just 1.3 percentage points, his narrowest win of any state that year.

The Harris campaign’s eagerness to return to North Carolina points to their hope that its diversifying population will give them a chance to flip the state this go around. Harris's campaign said Thursday's trip will be her ninth to the state this year.

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Historically, Democrats haven't won North Carolina's electoral votes since 2008, when former President Obama was elected for the first time.

Registered independents — also known as unaffiliated voters — are the state’s largest voting bloc, so it is widely up for grabs.

A state Supreme Court ruling this week affirming that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must be removed from North Carolina ballots could bring additional votes Trump’s way. Kennedy, a lifelong Democrat who was running as an Independent, endorsed Trump in the race.

Historically, Republicans have dominated North Carolina in recent years and the state has voted red in 10 of the last 11 presidential elections (Obama won the state in 2008).

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In Arizona, the political trend is similar — with one major exception.

While Trump won Arizona in 2016, he lost it in 2020. Republicans have won Arizona in nearly every presidential election since World War II, but President Biden eked out a narrow victory in 2020.

More recently, the state has only voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in two of the last 18 elections (Clinton in 1996 and Biden in 2020).

Arizona was particularly tumultuous for Trump in 2020 as he previously clashed with the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

Republicans still outnumber Democrats in Arizona, but a third of voters are independents.

Wednesday’s somber display provided respite from partisan politics in the high-speed campaign season.

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At a fire station in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, close to where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after passengers fought back against their hijackers, Trump met with locals. Biden and Harris visited the same fire station earlier in the day.

Trump and Harris met in-person later the same day, when both traveled to Manhattan for another 9/11 ceremony.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) will ramp up security on Jan. 6, 2025, in an effort to "ensure the safety and security" of the upcoming Electoral College vote count at the Capitol.

The USSS confirmed the security measures in an email to Fox News Digital. The agency released a statement on Wednesday noting that Jan. 6, 2025, has been "designated a National Special Security Event by the Secretary of Homeland Security."

"This designation allows for significant resources from the federal government, as well as from state and local partners, to be utilized in a comprehensive security plan," officials said in a statement. "When an event is designated a National Special Security Event, the U.S. Secret Service assumes its mandated role as the lead agency for the design and implementation of the operational security plan."

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had requested the heightened security, the agency said. The 2025 presidential inauguration, which will take place on Jan. 20, had previously been designated a National Special Security Event.

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"This marks the first time a National Special Security Event designation has been granted for a Certification of Electoral Votes and follows a request made by the DC Mayor to designate this event a National Special Security Event," the USSS's statement read. "Various reports including from the House Select January 6 Committee and the Government Accountability Office also called for the DHS Secretary to consider a National Special Security Event designation for future Certification of Electoral Votes."

In a statement, Special Agent Eric Ranaghan, who is in charge of USSS's Dignitary Protective Division, said that the electoral voting session has been designated an event "of the highest national significance."

"The U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with our federal, state, and local partners are committed to developing and implementing a comprehensive and integrated security plan to ensure the safety and security of this event and its participants," he said.

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An Executive Steering Committee, which will consist of "senior representatives from federal, state and local law enforcement and public safety partners," will convene to start the formal planning process.

The request was made in direct response to the 2021 Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, in which thousands of supporters of former President Trump stormed the Capitol to against the Electoral College vote count.

On Tuesday night, Trump was asked by ABC host David Muir if he had any regrets about Jan. 6 during a presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.

"I had nothing to do with that, other than they asked me to make a speech," the Republican nominee replied.

The Department of Homeland Security's designation puts the Secret Service in charge of security instead of U.S. Capitol Police, first reported by the Washington Post.