Bernie Sanders To Rally With Keith Ellison In Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is set to rally with fellow progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders in Minneapolis, Duluth, and Rochester this week.

"Excited to welcome my friend Bernie Sanders back to our great state this week," Ellison announced Sunday.

Masks are encouraged at the rallies, and anyone experiencing a cough, fever, or other possible COVID-19 symptoms is asked not to attend.

RSVP for the Minneapolis rally here.

Duluth Rally

• Thursday, Oct. 6
• Doors open at 4:30 p.m.
• Clyde Iron Works

Rochester Rally

• Friday, Oct. 7
• Doors open at 9 a.m.
• Rochester Regional Sports Center

Minneapolis Rally with Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington

• Friday, Oct. 7
• Doors open at 12 a.m.
• Northrop at the University of Minnesota

Ellison is seeking a second term as the state's highest-ranking attorney. He is in a dead heat with his Republican challenger, Jim Schultz, according to a poll published last month.

Ellison has been put on the defensive after the U.S. Justice Department filed charges against nearly 50 people in connection to Minnesota-based nonprofit, Feeding Our Future.

Ellison said that the Minnesota Department of Education and the Attorney General’s Office are at the origin of the federal criminal investigation and the 48 federal indictments. "Without their efforts, there would have been no criminal investigation or indictments," his office said last week.

Ellison has made the issue of legal abortion front and center in the race, while Schultz has blamed the attorney general for rising crime rates.