NEW PALTZ - The mid-Hudson Valley is about to feel the "Bern" again.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will join congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout for a rally in New Paltz Friday, according to an email from the Teachout campaign.
The rally is scheduled for 11 a.m. in Hasbrouck Park in the village. Teachout's campaign is asking attendees to RVSP on her website, www.zephyrteachoutforcongress.com.
Five months ago, a Sanders visit to Poughkeepsie drew thousands of supporters and swelled enthusiasm in advance of the New York primary election. He ultimately lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton, though he was the preferred choice of most areas of the mid-Hudson Valley.
Teachout, a Democrat, is vying for the 19th Congressional District seat against Republican John Faso of Kinderhook. The 19th district includes most of Dutchess County and all of Ulster, Columbia and Greene counties. Republican Chris Gibson, also of Kinderhook, is vacating the seat after his term ends this year.
Teachout ran against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic Primary, and lost.
Teachout, a Fordham University Law School professor, has ties to the area. She owns a home in Clinton and recently married Nick Juliusburger in a small ceremony in Dover Plains on Aug. 27.
Sanders has been campaigning for democratic candidates, including Clinton.
About 4,100 attended a rally on April 12 at Marist College in the Town of Poughkeepsie when the Independent U.S. senator from Vermont made his pitch in the Democratic Presidential Primary.
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/ulster-county/2016/09/12/bernie-sanders-campaign-zephyr-teachout-new-paltz/90274132/
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