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Clinton's Thursday Ind. Stops Revealed; Husband Here Tuesday

Candidate's Visits To Include Anderson, Terre Haute

POSTED: 12:29 pm EDT March 17, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign staff on Monday revealed where in the state she will visit this week.

Clinton on Thursday will meet with people at a diner in Terre Haute, attend a town hall meeting at the Wigwam at Anderson High School, meet with people at a home in New Albany, and attend a rally at Harrison High School in Evansville, according to her campaign staff and U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.

The Clinton campaign said the Anderson event will happen at 3:45 p.m., with doors opening at 2:15 p.m. The Evansville event will start at 8 p.m. EDT, with doors opening 90 minutes beforehand, the campaign said.

The Anderson event is free and open to the public on a first-come, first-to-enter basis.

Bayh is supporting his fellow Democrat in her bid to gain the nomination for president and plans to make campaign stops with her in his home state.

Clinton's visit to Indiana was publicized by her campaign staff last week, but the communities weren't revealed until Monday. The times of the Terre Haute and New Albany visits weren't released.

Bill Clinton In Indiana Tuesday

Also Monday, Clinton's campaign said her husband, former President Bill Clinton, will campaign on her behalf in eastern Indiana on Tuesday.

The three rallies will be free and open to the public. At 12:45 p.m., Bill Clinton will be at the Dearborn Adult Center in Lawrenceburg, followed at about 4 p.m. at Richmond's Fire Station No. 1 and lastly, the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne at 6:45 p.m.

Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan and former Indiana first lady Judy O'Bannon are expected to join Bill Clinton for the Tuesday visits.

The Clinton camp's focus on Indiana comes after her rival for the Democratic nomination, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., campaigned in Plainfield on Saturday.

Clinton, a Democratic senator from New York, and Obama are beginning to take interest in Indiana's May 6 primary and the state's 72 delegates because the candidates still are locked in a tight race two months after this year's Democratic primaries began.

Because many states hold primaries before May, presidential nominations often are wrapped up before Hoosiers get to vote. But because of this year's tight race, this is the first time in 40 years that Indiana's Democratic presidential primary has had the opportunity to matter.

According to an Associated Press count, Obama has 1,598 delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Clinton has 1,487, according to the AP. It takes 2,025 delegates to secure the Democratic nomination for president.


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