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Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders stumps for Whitmer as election day nears

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer stands with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders listening to questions from a crowd at Rackham Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus Friday, Oct. 19. Michael Govaere | Washtenaw Voice

By The Washtenaw Voice

The Vermont senator was in Ann Arbor to rally support for Whitmer, a former state Senate Minority Leader, who faces Republican state Attorney General Bill Schuette, in the Nov. 6 election. Sanders won Michigan’s 2016 Democratic presidential primary and remains popular, especially with younger voters.

Members of the audience – some using phones to record the event – listen as Sanders and Whitmer speak in the 1,000-plus seat auditorium. Michael Govaere | Washtenaw Voice

The Whitmer-Schuette race, and Friday’s event, was covered in a story in Sunday’s New York Times.

Photos: Michael Govaere | Washtenaw Voice

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