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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will be in the Cleveland area on Thursday morning for a rally at Baldwin Wallace University.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio--Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is planning to visit Northeast Ohio on Thursday for a rally at Baldwin Wallace University, according to two officials associated with his campaign.

The rally is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Lou Higgins Recreation Center in Berea, according to Tara Thobe, Sanders' Ohio field director. No tickets are needed to attend the event, said Steve Holecko, volunteer coordinator for Sanders in Cuyahoga County.

Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, is running against former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Ohio's March 15 Democratic presidential primary. Both Clinton and Sanders are already booked to speak together at a Democratic fundraising dinner in Columbus on March 13.

Sanders most recently visited Ohio last November, when he spoke at a Cleveland State University rally.