Graham Platner and Troy Jackson will join U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, at rallies in Portland and Orono over Memorial Day weekend.
The rallies at the University of Maine in Orono on May 24 and Brick South at Thompson’s Point in Portland on May 25 are part of the Vermont senator’s Fighting Oligarchy Tour.
The three progressives formally announced the events on Thursday.
Sanders was early to endorse Platner, an oyster farmer and the presumptive Democratic nominee in Maine’s U.S. Senate race; and Jackson, a former Maine Senate president who is vying for a gubernatorial primary win.
The Vermont independent rallied with the two candidates on Labor Day in Portland. Both Platner, 41, of Sullivan, and Jackson, 57, of Allagash, have carried a message similar to Sanders’ throughout their campaigns, positioning themselves as outsiders taking on the political establishment.
The May 24 rally at UMaine will be held at the Collins Center for the Arts, where doors will open at 4:30 p.m. and the rally is to kick off at 6 p.m. Doors will open at 4 p.m. for the Portland rally, which is set to officially begin at 7 p.m. May 25.
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