Senator Bernie Sanders cancels campaign stop in the Capital City
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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has canceled his stop in Jackson.
Sanders was previously set to be present at the Two Mississippi Museums Friday, but his campaign has announced that the Senator will instead travel to Michigan.
According to a press release sent by his campaign, Sanders 2020 will continue to campaign in Mississippi and is sending senior campaign staff members and surrogates to represent the senator ahead of the state’s primary election.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is still expected to make a trip to the Capital City. The church secretary of New Hope Baptist Church said he will attend their Sunday morning service at 9:30 a.m.
Mississippi’s primary election is Tuesday, March 10.
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