President Barack Obama will visit Colorado in late September as part of a three-state Western swing, White House officials said Wednesday.

Officials say they are still figuring out the president's itinerary. But his visit — like his other recent trips — probably will include a jobs event and some fundraising.

The president is unveiling a jobs plan to a joint session of Congress next week.

Obama will first visit Seattle on Sept. 25 and Southern California on Sept. 26 before arriving in Denver on Sept 27.

"After hearing Republicans grovel to the Tea Party all summer by calling Social Security 'unconstitutional' and refusing to address job growth, Coloradans can look forward to having a productive discussion about how we get Americans back to work," said Rick Palacio, the state's Democratic Party chairman.

The president hasn't visited Colorado since February 2010, when he appeared at a rally and a fundraiser for Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat. Obama also signed the economic-stimulus package into law at a Denver museum on Feb. 17, 2009, and spoke in Grand Junction in August 2009.

His wife, Michelle, has visited a handful of times, including an event in Colorado Springs in April and a visit to South High School in Denver in 2009.

Expect to see more of the president in person in the next year. Colorado is a state that both Republicans and Democrats think they can win in the 2012 presidential election. Both sides already have people on the ground trying to harness voters.

"Instead of working to put Coloradans back to work, Barack Obama is back to fundraising in Denver to save his own job," said Colorado Republican Party chairman Ryan Call. "It's telling that President Obama has found the time for a big Western fundraising swing, but nearly three years into his presidency he hasn't found the time to formulate a plan to put Americans back to work."

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