BY WESLEY P. HESTER

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will campaign in Portsmouth Thursday with Gov. Bob McDonnell.

The event will be held at Crofton Industries, a commercial diving and marine construction company.

Tomorrow, Romney will be campaigning at a business in Chantilly where he will be accompanied by Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-10^th.

The events come just days ahead of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign kick-off Saturday in Richmond.