BY WESLEY P. HESTER

President Barack Obama will visit battleground Virginia next week with two campaign stops scheduled, according to campaign officials.

The president will put in a two-day trip to the state next Friday, but no other details are yet available.

Virginia is among a handful of states that could determine the results of this year’s election.

GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney visited Virginia last week, putting in campaign stops in Salem, near Roanoke, and Sterling in Loudoun County.

Obama kicked off his re-election campaign with a rally in Richmond in early May.