On Friday, Rubino said he might not know until sometime in April if Sanders will make a stop in the city. A potential stop could happen April 7 or 8, he said.

Utica still might “feel the Bern,” but it might be later than originally thought.

Herkimer resident Keith Rubino, a local volunteer for the Sanders campaign, had hoped to bring Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, to the Utica Memorial Auditorium on Sunday, March 6.

But that plan hit a snag because Sanders and Democrat Hillary Clinton are expected to take part in a debate that day in Flint, Michigan.

On Friday, Rubino said he might not know until sometime in April if Sanders will make a stop in the city. A potential stop could happen April 7 or 8, he said.

“From what I can gather, the campaign is so focused on every state one at a time that the decision to make a trip to Utica will not happen until we get closer to New York primaries (on April 19,” Rubino said.