Michelle Obama rallies supporters in northern Va., scheduled for appearance in Prince William

DALE CITY, Va. — First Lady Michelle Obama is making a campaign stop in northern Virginia. Mrs. Obama is scheduled to speak Thursday afternoon to campaign supporters and volunteers at a Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in Dale City. The campaign passed out tickets to the event through its campaign offices in northern Virginia. Barack Obama won Virginia in 2008, the first Democrat to do so in a presidential contest since 1964. Virginia is considered a swing state in this year’s contest, and Prince William County is a swing county within Virginia. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.