WASHINGTON -- Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the public face of President Donald Trump's White House, plans to campaign for Rep. Claudia Tenney on Saturday in Central New York and the Southern Tier.

Huckabee Sanders will headline a rally with Tenney's campaign volunteers and supporters at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Madison County village of Canastota, according to the Tenney campaign.

Huckabee Sanders will also rally Tenney supporters at 2 p.m. in the village of Endicott in Broome County.

Neither rally is open to the public, Tenney's campaign said. Invitations are required.

Huckabee Sanders, 36, has served as White House press secretary since July 2017, conducting daily news briefings that make her a familiar face across America. She is the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Tenney, R-New Hartford, is locked in a dead heat with state Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, D-Utica in one of the nation's most competitive House races.

A Syracuse.com/Spectrum News/Siena College poll of likely voters in the 22nd Congressional District showed Brindisi with a statistically insignificant lead (46-45 percent) last week.

Tenney, a first-term congresswoman, has brought in a series of high-profile political figures during the campaign. President Trump his son, Eric, and Oliver North are among those who have rallied voters in the district, which the president won by 15 percentage points in the 2016 election.

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