SIUE to host Bernie Sanders

EDWARDSVILLE — U.S. Senator and Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will visit Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Friday morning, according to posts by the university on social media.

The senator from Vermont will speak at 10 a.m. at the Vadalabene Center, which hosts the university’s men’s and women’s basketball games, volleyball games and wrestling matches. The center seats roughly 4,000, according to SIUE’s website.

“More details to follow,” the university said on its Twitter account Wednesday afternoon.

Sanders picked up his home state in Tuesday’s primary elections as well as Colorado, Minnesota and Oklahoma, but it wasn’t enough to match Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton, who swept Super Tuesday with seven states. Clinton has secured just over 1,000 delegates, while Sanders lags behind with just over 400. To win the Democratic nomination, 2,382 delegates are needed.

His visit comes just 12 days before Illinois’ primary on March 15.