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September 28, 2006

Bill Clinton, Obama are coming to R.I.

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton are coming to Rhode Island to campaign and raise money for the Democrats.

Obama will be here Oct.12 to campain for Democratic Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse.

Obama will speak at the Rhode Island College Recreational Center between 5:30 and 7:30 at a $50 per-person fund-raiser.

After that event, Obama will head to the Providence East Side home of Democratic Party activists Jack and Sara McConnell for a $1,000 per person event to benefit the Democratic party and the Whitehouse campaign.

On Oct. 16, former President Bill Clinton will be the featured speaker at the Democratic Party's annual Hope Dinner. Clinton will give the keynote speech. The cost of the dinner is $100 per person, with proceeds earmarked for the Democratic Party's voter turnout campaign.

-- Scott MacKay, Journal politics writer

Posted by Peter Phipps  at 4:44 PM | Permalink

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