Bernie Sanders campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Grand Rapids

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Central High School in Grand Rapids on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Sanders is a former Democratic presidential candidate. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)

(Cory Morse)

Former Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will be stopping in Michigan Wednesday as part of a 12-state campaign push prior to the Nov. 8 presidential election.

Sanders is set to headline a noon rally in the Miller Auditorium at Western Michigan University, 2200 Auditorium Drive in Kalamazoo, according to an announcement from Sanders' press team.

He will then head to a 3:15 p.m. rally at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, 700 Cottageview Drive, Suite 200 in Traverse City.

Other states included in Sanders' 12-state campaign tour leading up to Election Day are New Hampshire, Maine, Wisconsin, Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California.

Sanders is expected to discuss several aspects of the Democratic platform at the campaign stops.

"I am working as hard as I can to see that Donald Trump is defeated, that Hillary Clinton is elected president and that Democrats gain control of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate," Sanders said in a statement. "The day after the election, I intend to do everything I can to see that the new president and Congress implement the Democratic platform, the most progressive party agenda of any major political party in the history of the United States."

Sanders defeated Clinton in an upset victory in Michigan's March 8 Democratic primary, a win that ended up being one of Sanders' most significant victories during his primary campaign.

Many Sanders supporters in Michigan and elsewhere have remained skeptical of Clinton, prompting Sanders to speak to delegates at the Democratic National Convention and take to the campaign trail on behalf of his former rival.

Sanders' main role in the election post-primary has been to convince his supporters, especially young progressives, to support Clinton instead of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump or third party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.

He was last in Michigan Oct. 6, where he toured the state in support of Clinton.