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Democratic candidate for governor Jared Polis will get some on-the-ground help from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders near the end of October.

Sanders, who ran for president in 2016, will host get-out-the-vote rallies in Fort Collins and Boulder on Oct. 24. The independent candidate ran to the left of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in seeking the Democratic nomination. He garnered 3-to-2 support over Clinton in Colorado and an even greater margin in Larimer County.

Polis now represents Fort Collins and Boulder in the U.S. House of Representatives and signed onto "Medicare for All" legislation like the one promoted by Sanders in the U.S. Senate.

The exact details of the event will be announced at a later date, according to the state Democratic Party. Party Chair Morgan Caroll said they're honored to have Sanders visiting.

Republican nominee for governor Walker Stapleton wasted no time slamming the move as signs that Polis is too far out of the political mainstream for the Centennial State.

“Congressman Polis is cementing his status as the most radical gubernatorial candidate in Colorado history by joining forces with a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist,” Stapleton said in a statement. “Congressman Polis and Senator Bernie Sanders are two Washington radicals that promise free government programs, but Coloradans know free is really expensive.”

Polis responded via tweet by pointing out that Tom Tancredo, a former congressman who has posted anti-Muslim content online and sat on the board of a group characterized by fellow Republican Rep. Mike Coffman as a white supremacist organization, endorsed Stapleton. Stapleton previously responded to those claims by saying that a person endorsing your candidacy does not mean you endorse all of that person's views.

Sanders' stop in Colorado is part of a nine-state battleground tour leading up to the Nov. 6 election. During the 2016 election, he held a rally at Colorado State University to solidify support before the state caucus and later held another rally in support of Clinton in the general election.