Bill Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton poses for a photograph with people from the audience after speaking in support of his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Thursday, April 14, 2016, at the Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick, R.I. Bill Clinton plans to visit Syracuse on Saturday, April 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former President Bill Clinton plans to visit Syracuse on Saturday as part of an Upstate swing to rally voters for Hillary Clinton in advance of Tuesday's New York presidential primary.

Bill Clinton will speak at 3:45 p.m. Saturday at Fowler High School, 227 Magnolia St., Syracuse, Hillary Clinton's campaign said today. Doors to the high school will open at 2:45 p.m.

The event is open to the public, but the Clinton campaign recommends filling out an RSVP through the campaign website. The form for the Syracuse event was not yet online at 8:15 a.m. Friday.

The former president plans to make other Upstate stops on Saturday in Albany and Watertown.

Bill Clinton and the couple's daughter, Chelsea, have been on the campaign trail this year in states holding competitive Democratic primaries.

Hillary Clinton has a substantial but shrinking lead over Democratic rival Bernie Sanders in New York heading into the election. A Siena College poll this week showed Clinton leading Sanders 52 percent to 42 percent.

Bill Clinton has visited Central New York at least three times in recent years after becoming familiar with the region during his wife's U.S. Senate campaigns. Bill Clinton returned in 2010, 2012 and 2014 to campaign for former Rep. Dan Maffei, D-Syracuse.

Hillary Clinton made Syracuse her first Upstate campaign stop almost two weeks ago, when she held a roundtable discussion with business leaders and spoke at a rally at the Central New York Regional Market.

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