BISMARCK - Former President Bill Clinton will campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on May 20 in Fargo, her campaign announced Wednesday.

A campaign statement said the nation’s 42nd president also will attend public events that day in Sioux Falls, S.D., and Billings, Mont., and will “discuss why Hillary Clinton is the best candidate to break down all the barriers holding families back.”

Additional details about the trip will be released soon, the campaign said. North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Executive Director Robert Haider also confirmed the Fargo visit but said he didn’t have details about the time and location.

The news came one day after Hillary Clinton’s rival for the Democratic nomination, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, announced he will speak Friday in Fargo at the Ramada Plaza & Suites, 1635 42nd St. S., with doors opening at 11 a.m. for the early afternoon speech.

Dem-NPL chair Kylie Oversen said the party is “thrilled to welcome both.”

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“There’s a lot of energy behind both of those visits,” said Oversen, a state representative from Grand Forks. “We strongly believe that either of the Democratic candidates would be a much better option and offer much better messages than likely (Republican) candidate Donald Trump.”

Bill Clinton last spoke publicly in North Dakota on March 17, 2012, when he delivered the keynote address at the Dem-NPL state convention in Grand Forks. That came nearly 15 years after his April 22, 1997, speech at the Grand Forks Air Force Base during the historic flood that inundated much of the community of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, Minn.

“He draws a good crowd, because I know he has a lot of supporters and fans in North Dakota, so it’s exciting that we can welcome him back,” Oversen said.

Haider said state Democrats are energized about the election, “and the excitement surrounding the Democratic campaigns coming to North Dakota reinforces that.” He said the momentum and messages of the party’s candidates contrast with those of the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, who will speak May 26 at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck.

“We need a presidential candidate who stands up and fights for all North Dakotans as both Democratic candidates do, not someone marginalizing women, minorities, and many others with hate-filled, misleading statements like Donald Trump,” he said in an emailed statement.

North Dakota Democrats will hold district caucuses June 7 to select delegates and alternates to the State Delegate Selection Meeting in Bismarck on June 18. There, delegates will elect 23 delegates and two alternates to the Democratic National Convention July 25-28 in Philadelphia.

Five of the national delegates will be unpledged superdelegates: U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is backing Hillary Clinton, while national committeeman Chad Nodland is supporting Sanders. Oversen, vice chair Warren Larson and national committeewoman Renee Pfenning remain uncommitted.