NEWS

Donald Trump to hold rally Sunday in Greeley

Jason Pohl
jasonpohl@coloradoan.com

For the second time this month, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will swing through Northern Colorado, this time stumping on the University of Northern Colorado campus in Greeley.

Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland on October 3, 2016.

Trump will hold a rally at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Bank of Colorado Arena at UNC, the campaign announced Friday evening. Doors open at 1 p.m. and tickets are free on a first-come, first-served basis on Trump's campaign website. The venue can normally hold about 3,000 people, according to the university's website.

The rally is the latest in an all-out sprint across the West for the campaign. Trump is slated to speak at noon in Golden Saturday before jetting to Phoenix, Ariz. for an afternoon event. He then travels to Las Vegas, Nev., for an 11 a.m. event at The Venetian hotel before zipping back to Northern Colorado for his Greeley rally, according to the campaign's website.

His running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, stumped in Colorado earlier this week before returning for a series of rallies up and down the East Coast, focusing primarily in North Carolina and Florida.

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After briefly edging his Democratic opponent by about half a point in polls earlier this month, Hillary Clinton has pulled ahead and maintained a 6 point lead in Colorado, according to recent polling averages from RealClearPolitics.com. Earlier this summer, many political pundits pulled Colorado from its battleground status to a likely Clinton win.

Polls aside, Trump packed the Budweiser Events Center during his Oct. 3 rally. Approximately 8,000 people crammed into the arena to hear the presidential candidate ream the media, rip the political establishment and rail against his opponent, much to the glee of attendees. That event set an attendance record, staff confirmed, and nearly 2,000 were left watching from outside the venue.

While Clinton herself has generally been absent in Colorado this election, her camp made multiple stops in October. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine was joined by rock star Dave Matthews at a Denver get-out-the-vote rally Oct. 10. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders made an appearance at a get-out-the-vote rally at Colorado State University on Oct. 17. 

If all the rallies are starting to feel like a blur on both sides, just remember: there are only 11 days left until the election.

Reporter Jason Pohl covers breaking news for the Coloradoan. Follow him on Twitter: @pohl_jason. 

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