Hillary Clinton Will Campaign in Detroit Monday: Updated

Updated. DETROIT, MI — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton plans a public event in Detroit Monday, her campaign said Thursday. The event, to be held a day after she and Republican rival Donald Trump meet in the second of three televised debates, will be held at 2:45 p.m.Monday at the Matthaei Center on the campus of Wayne State University.

The visit is the former secretary of state’s second to Michigan since winning her party’s nomination. She campaigned at a Warren aerospace manufacturing facility on Aug. 11, days after Trump said in a major economic policy speech that Detroit’s challenges are an example of Clinton’s failed agenda. In Warren, Clinton said his plan would throw the economy back into recession and further pinch America’s working class.

The visit comes after a new poll shows Clinton with an 11-percentage-point lead over Trump in Michigan, a winner-take-all state, meaning that whoever wins the state gets all of its 16 electoral votes.

The visit also coincides with the approach of Michigan’s voter registration deadline, which is Tuesday. The Clinton campaign will push registration in Michigan, according to a report in The Detroit News.

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Despite the polling lead, the Clinton campaign isn’t taking the state for granted and is making a big push among Michigan voters. Her one-time rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was scheduled to campaign in Dearborn, Ann Arbor, East Lansing and Grand Rapids Thursday, following visits by surrogates President Bill Clinton and the couple’s daughter, Chelsea Clinton, in the past few days and weeks.

Also on the stump for Clinton this weekend to register new voters are New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin and political activist Gloria Steinem. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey is expected to campaign for Clinton in Michigan on Monday and Tuesday.

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