Bernie Sanders to visit Pontiac for rally to support Reps. Levin, Tlaib

Former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will hold a get-out-the-vote rally on behalf of U.S. Reps. Andy Levin and Rashida Tlaib next Friday in Pontiac, four days ahead of the Aug. 2 primary.

Levin's campaign announced the event, which will be held at 6 p.m. outside the Flagstar Strand Theater on Saginaw Street.

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Both Levin, D-Bloomfield Township, and Tlaib, D-Detroit, are members of the Democratic caucus' progressive wing and face primary challenges. Tlaib is facing Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, Lathrup Village Mayor Kelly Garrett and former state Rep. Shanelle Jackson of Detroit but is widely expected to win, having an advantage in campaign cash and name recognition.

Levin, meanwhile, is in a tough race in a newly drawn 11th District that includes Pontiac against another Democratic incumbent, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens of Waterford. Sanders has endorsed both Levin and Tlaib.

Tlaib is also part of a rally in Detroit this Sunday with Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.

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