Joseph Gerth

Opinion Columnist | Louisville Courier Journal

Former President Bill Clinton will be in Louisville Tuesday to campaign for his wife, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, according to her campaign.

The former president will also make stops in Lexington and Morehead.

The visit will come exactly two weeks before the Kentucky primary election and means that, like Bernie Sanders who is campaigning in Louisville as well on Tuesday, the Clinton campaign could get a boost in Southern Indiana as well. Hoosiers will be casting ballots in the Indiana primary on Tuesday.

Hillary Clinton will visit Ashland on Monday before heading to West Virginia for several campaign stops. The West Virginia primary is May 10.

The Clinton campaign didn't immediately release details of the visit, but Bill Clinton's visit signifies that the campaign is putting a high priority on Kentucky, just as it did in 2008 when Hillary Clinton was waging a battle to overtake President Barack Obama in the final weeks of the campaign.

She claimed 66 percent of the vote to Obama's 30 percent after she and her husband made numerous stops throughout the state in May. Obama visited Louisville twice as a candidate.

Bill Clinton is the last Democrat to win Kentucky, capturing pluralities in the state in both 1992 and 1996.

Sanders will hold a rally for his supporters at Waterfront Park near the Big Four Bridge on Tuesday night. The gates to that event open at 4 p.m. It is free, but the campaign recommends attendees register at the campaign website.

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