Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debating in February in New Hampshire. Credit: FILE: SCOTT EISEN/MSNBC

The Democratic presidential campaigns of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton confirmed Monday morning that the two will campaign together Tuesday in Portsmouth, N.H.

Citing unnamed sources, multiple news organizations have reported since late last week that Sanders is expected to endorse Clinton at the unity event. His campaign did not respond to several requests for comment. 

The joint appearance comes more than five weeks after Clinton locked up the Democratic presidential nomination. It follows a tense weekend in Orlando, Fla., where delegates for both candidates hammered out a final draft of the party’s platform. 

Calling it “the most progressive platform in party history,” Sanders’ campaign declared victory on several planks it supported — most notably a commitment to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The senator lost another high-profile fight: to enshrine opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in the platform.

Last Wednesday, the Clinton campaign released a new higher education plan that would make public colleges and universities free for families earning up to $125,000 a year. And on Saturday, it affirmed Clinton’s support for creating a public health insurance option and doubling funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers. Both proposals were seen as attempts to win over Sanders and his supporters.

“We have made enormous strides,” Sanders said in a written statement Sunday. “Thanks to the millions of people across the country who got involved in the political process — many for the first time — we now have the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party.”

New Hampshire would seem to be a logical choice for a unity rally, given the high levels of support for Sanders in New England’s only true battleground state. He defeated Clinton there 60 to 38 percent in February’s primary election. 

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Paul Heintz was part of the Seven Days news team from 2012 to 2020. He served as political editor and wrote the "Fair Game" political column before becoming a staff writer.

6 replies on “Sanders to Join Clinton Tuesday in New Hampshire”

  1. ITS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT HILLARY CLINTON WHO ERASED 30.000 EMAILS HAD SOMETHING TO HIDE; PROBABLY FOUNDATION FRAUD, SELLING FAVORS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, WHILE SHE HELD THE POSITION OF SECRETARY OF STATE. As for the Trade Deficit it’s growing larger all the time and although the Clinton’s said originally they were voting for the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) it will still get past by the Globalist (Hillary and Bill Clinton Profiteers) and you’re jobs will disappear offshore and millions of jobs, manufacturing plants and you will wonder why? Take a look around the empty auto plants in Detroit, Michigan and empty building gone abroad from the West to the East coast. Only Donald Trump can save our jobs, approve the Canadian Keystone Pipeline, give jobs back to miners in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and end the ‘political correctness’ destroying our traditions and values.

  2. We should vote for Donald Trump and his giant wall in 2016, as under Hillary Clinton we are just going to get more of the same. Free stuff for people who think work is a dirty word, and nothing but more taxes to pay for it all. On March 7, 2016 Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto stated that Trumps Language hurt United States/ Mexico relationships. This is while Narco Terrorists are killing Tens of thousands of Americans annually, with illegal drugs coming through Obama’s open border, forced upon us by his executive orders. AN example would be NEW HAMPSHIRE, where cheap Heroine is gone epidemic. That Mexico is the largest exporter of drugs to the US. That drug cartels accumulate around $60 Billion a year and then $58 Billion dollar also in a trade deficit. And in conclusion the illegal alien invasion adding up to $260 Billion yearly, which is an incomprehensible staggering amount. Judge for yourself if you think Hillary Clinton can be trusted to run this country at https://t.co/lfUdXYnsgJ /

  3. Anyone who votes for Killary Clinton is out of their mind, most of them are only voting for her because she is a woman, She hasn’t done anything in her time as SECRETARY OF STATE or Senator of NY..only thing she has done is steal, lied and had people killed.. Have you liberals really forgotten the 4 Americans who were murdered in Benghazi??? Or do you really care??
    My dog who make a better president..at least my dog has compassion..But I’m a shame to say Vermont has turned into a greedy liberal democrat state, while Vt was a good republican state..now it’s a high tax state, one of the highest in the nation.. So click the dislike all you want, as you’re the ones who are ruining Vt.and our country….@David John Francis everything you said, you are correct ..lets hope the killer doesn’t get elected..

  4. I don’t care who Sanders “joins” or where, I won’t be voting for that lying witch no matter what and wouldn’t consider Trump either even if he wasn’t part of the two party catastophy. I’ll be voting for Gary Johnson with the Libertarian party. Totally done voting for the evil of two lessers. It’s time for the two party system to die.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9km5f9AhQ…

  6. Vote from fear. That’s how great things happen. The slightly less shitty option is still not a good option.

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