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Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters during a rally at Baldwin Wallace University on Feb. 25. Sanders is planning to return to Northeast Ohio on March 5 to speak at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, according to a church official.

(oshua Gunter, cleveland.com)

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders plans to return to Northeast Ohio on Saturday to speak at a Cleveland church, according to a church official.

Sanders is scheduled to appear at an event at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, said Deandra Stone, assistant to the church's pastor. Exact details of his visit are still being worked out, according to the church.

A Sanders campaign spokeswoman declined Monday to say whether or not he will visit the church. Tristan Rader, chair of Northeast Ohio for Bernie Sanders, said he would neither confirm nor deny the event was taking place.

The event will mark the second time in two weeks that Sanders has campaigned in Northeast Ohio - a possible sign that his campaign thinks he has a chance of doing well against former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Buckeye State's March 15 primary.

Both Clinton and Sanders are already booked to speak together at a Democratic fundraising dinner in Columbus on March 13.