How to see Sen. Bernie Sanders this weekend at his downtown Phoenix rally

Bernie Sanders, the left-leaning independent U.S. senator from Vermont who gave Hillary Clinton a spirited challenge for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, is set to rev-up his fellow progressives Sunday in downtown Phoenix.

Sanders will be joined at the noon rally at the Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., by Democratic U.S. Reps. Ruben Gallego and Raúl Grijalva of Arizona and former Democratic Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner, who is now president of the Sanders-aligned organization Our Revolution.

Per Sanders' website, Sanders intends to address various topics, including "the need to move forward and pass comprehensive immigration reform that will allow people to come out of the shadows and will unite families — not divide them — and the urgent need to ensure health care as a human right."

Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Admission is first-come, first-served, and the Sanders team encourages RSVPing online at BernieSanders.com.

Sanders, whose 2016 presidential campaign was a surprise hit with many voters, especially Millennials, made several appearances in Arizona in the run-up to the state's 2016 Democratic presidential preference election, or primary. He lost to Clinton, a former U.S. secretary of State and U.S. senator from New York.

Sanders also stumped in Arizona on behalf of Clinton after she won the party's nomination, but Republican Donald Trump carried the state and won the general election.

Last April, Sanders and Tom Perez, the Democratic National Committee, appeared together in Mesa as part of their anti-Trump "Come Together and Fight Back Tour" that aimed to mend lingering tensions between the Democratic Party's progressive and establishment factions.

Nowicki is The Republic's national political reporter. Follow him on Twitter, @dannowicki.

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