Sen. Bernie Sanders schedules get-out-the-vote rally in St. Louis for Monday
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will visit St. Louis on the eve of Missouri’s primary.
The Vermont senator originally planned to make a stop Monday at Kansas City’s Midland Theatre, but a statement from his campaign Friday announced he would be going to St. Louis instead “due to scheduling constraints.”
Sanders will appear at 11 a.m. at Stifel Theater.
The announcement comes the day before his principal opponent in Tuesday’s Missouri primary, former Vice President Joe Biden, is scheduled to visit St. Louis and Kansas City on Saturday.
Jill Biden will also visit St. Louis on Monday. The former second lady will make an appearance at 4:15 p.m. The Cheshire Hotel.
Missouri, with 68 delegates at stake, is one of six states where Democrats will vote on Tuesday. Michigan, with 125 delegates, is considered the major prize and a must-have state for Sanders, who trails Biden in the national delegate count 621 to 553, according to NBC News.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot endorsed Biden on Friday.
This story was originally published March 6, 2020 at 6:39 PM.
