UPDATE: Hillary Clinton to Campaign Monday at GMU in Fairfax City

FAIRFAX CITY, VA -- Fresh off her victory in South Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will campaign at George Mason University Monday afternoon in Fairfax City, less than 24 hours before Virginia’s presidential primary on Super Tuesday, according to her campaign.

Super Tuesday is the biggest day of the 2016 presidential primary season, with 13 states and one territory participating: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming and American Samoa. On the Democratic side, about 880 delegates are up for grabs -- about one-third of those needed for the nomination.

Clinton will be campaigning in Northern Virginia Monday at The Hub on the GMU campus, according to her campaign. The Hub is a student center located on campus at 10423 Rivanna River Way. The campaign is asking anyone who plans to attend to RSVP on their Web site. The event is scheduled Monday afternoon for 4:15 p.m., with doors opening at 2:15 p.m.

Clinton’s opponent in the primary, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, visited the GMU campus in October. Clinton visited with Democratic leaders there last summer.

Clinton also campaigned in Alexandria in October and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, campaigned there last week.

Saturday night, unofficial voting results in the South Carolina primary with 99 percent of ballots counted gave Clinton 73.5 percent of the vote and Sanders 25.9 percent of the vote. Fifty-nine delegates, the most so far in the early voting states, were at stake.

“Today we sent a message that in America, when we stand together, there is no barrier too big to break,” she told a raucous crowd in Columbia.

In Virginia, Hillary Clinton holds a 60 percent to 33 percent lead over Sanders in Virginia, according to a poll out Thursday by Monmouth University. In 2008, Clinton lost Virginia to Barack Obama by nearly 30 points (64 percent to 35 percent).

In the Thursday poll, Clinton leads among both white (58 percent to 39 percent) and black (70 percent to 19 percent) voters; men (59 percent to 37 percent) and women (61 percent to 31 percent); and voters age 50 and older (74 percent to 22 percent). The two candidates are tied among voters under 50 years old at 46 percent for Sanders and 45 percent for Clinton, according to the poll.

“The ace in the hole for Sanders so far has been younger voters. But this group is not giving him quite the same advantage in Virginia as it had in prior contests,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute, in a news release about the poll results.

On Sunday, Hillary for Virginia announced that Hillary Clinton has the support of 42 Democratic members of the Virginia General Assembly.

“Hillary has the best educational preparation, the most extensive public service record, and the most comprehensive plans for addressing the educational needs from early childhood to higher education,” said Sen. Rosalyn Dance (D-16th District), the 16th member of the Legislative Black Caucus to endorse Clinton, in a press release announcing the news. “I am most impressed with her New College Compact Plan which is in alignment with those of President Obama and the legislation introduced by Congressman Bobby Scott. She has presented a realistic rationale of how her goals can be accomplished and the cost to implement them. I will be casting my vote for Hillary Clinton, and once she wins the Democratic Primary challenge I will be working hard to ensure she becomes the first woman to serve as the President of these United States.”

“It is my honor to endorse Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for president,” said Del. John Bell (D-87th District), who was expected to campaign Sunday for Clinton in Loudoun County. “Hillary Clinton is the most experienced candidate and is the type of talented leader our country needs to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow. Clinton has a long track record of successfully working with diverse stakeholders to develop practical solutions and she is the type of leader we need to unite our country in a time of great division.”

The full list of Virginia General Assembly members supporting Clinton is below:

• Senator Kenneth “Kenny” Alexander
• Senator George Barker
• Senator Rosalyn Dance
• Senator Adam Ebbin
• Senator John Edwards
• Senator Barbara Favola
• Senator Mamie Locke
• Senator Louise Lucas
• Senator David Marsden
• Senate Democratic Caucus Chair Aston Donald McEachin
• Senator Jeremy McPike
• Senator J. “Chap” Petersen
• Senator Richard Saslaw
• Senator Scott Surovell
• Senator Jennifer T. Wexton
• Delegate Lashrecse Aird
• Delegate Lamont Bagby
• Delegate John Bell
• Delegate Jennifer Boysko
• Delegate David Bulova
• Delegate Betsy Carr
• Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn
• Delegate Daun Hester
• Delegate Patrick Hope
• Delegate Mark Keam
• Delegate Matthew James
• Delegate Kaye Kory
• Delegate Joseph “Joe” Lindsey
• Delegate Alfonso Lopez
• Delegate T. “Monty” Mason
• Delegate Delores McQuinn
• Delegate Jennifer McClellan
• Delegate Kathleen Murphy
• Delegate Kenneth Plum
• Delegate Mark Sickles
• Delegate Lionell Spruill Sr.
• Delegate Richard Sullivan
• Delegate Scott Surovell
• Delegate Luke Torian
• Delegate David Toscano
• Delegate Roslyn “Roz” Tyler
• Delegate Jeion Ward

Both of the Clinton and Sanders campaigns have offices in Fairfax County. The Clinton campaign has an office near Kingstowne; the Sanders campaign opened an office in Oakton.

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