Sanders set to endorse Clinton at an event Tuesday

11 July 2016, 2:44 pm

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Hillary Clinton’s campaign is making it official: Former Democratic rival Bernie Sanders will join her at a New Hampshire event on Tuesday where he plans to endorse her.

Clinton’s campaign is holding the event at a high school in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Sanders defeated Clinton by a wide margin in New Hampshire, in the nation’s first primary.

Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders greeting each other at the CNN presidential debate in Brooklyn, New York, April 14, 2016. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)

Sanders’ endorsement will come a month after the final primary. He’s pushed for policy agreements on higher education, health care and a $15 an hour federal minimum wage. Some of those policies were included in a draft of the party’s platform in Orlando, Florida, over the weekend.

Sanders has not yet said he will endorse Clinton but told reporters on Saturday that the two campaigns were coming together and to stay tuned.

— AP