ANN ARBOR, MI -- Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders is bringing U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a rally on the campus of the University of Michigan two days before the presidential primary.

Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive freshman congresswoman whose “Green New Deal" influenced the climate change agenda of several candidates, will join Sanders Sunday for a rally in Ann Arbor. Sanders scheduled a series of rallies campaign events before the March 10 primary, visiting Detroit, Dearborn, Flint, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor.

Ocasio-Cortez worked as an organizer for Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign and has been campaigning across the country with him in 2020. She is among a young group of first-term House Democrats elected in 2018 who drew inspiration from the Vermont senator.

The Ann Arbor rally is hosted by Students for Bernie at the University of Michigan. It is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on the Diag. Admittance starts at 4:30 p.m., and it’s free and open to the public.

A Grand Rapids event is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in Calder Plaza, located at 351 Ottawa Ave. NW. Doors open to the public at 11 a.m. Sanders earned the endorsement of civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who is scheduled to speak at the rally in Grand Rapids.

Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden are turning their focus to Michigan with only a few days left to sway voters before the primary. Biden holds a narrow lead in the delegate count after winning a majority of states on Super Tuesday last week.

Both campaigns are jetting across Michigan to sway undecided voters in the final days of the election, planning a flurry of rallies and smaller events throughout the weekend.

The former vice president is scheduled to hold two rallies in Grand Rapids and Detroit Monday, the day before Michigan’s primary. U.S. Rep. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced she will join Biden in Michigan after offering her endorsement this weekend.

Biden dispatched U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to Detroit, Southfield and Grand Rapids on Friday and Saturday.

Ocasio-Cortez also has a close relationship with U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, who introduced Sanders to roughly 6,000 supporters who attended a rally in Detroit Friday. Tlaib will serve as the Michigan state chair for the Sanders campaign.

The New York congresswoman, a favorite target of President Donald Trump and Republicans, endorsed Sanders after he suffered a heart attack in fall 2019. The health incident briefly took Sanders off the campaign trail, but he remerged with Ocasio-Cortez at a massive rally in New York.

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