Published: April 20, 2008 07:29 pm      

Sen. Casey, Bill Clinton to campaign in area Monday

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and former president Bill Clinton will be in the region Monday as the primary election campiagns enter their final hours.

Casey will continue his tour of Pennsylvania in support of presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama on Monday, making a stop in Johnstown.

Casey is scheduled to be at the Johnstown campaign office, 508 Main Street, at noon Monday to rally campaign workers and volunteers before they canvass neighborhoods for Obama.  Casey will then travel to Pittsburgh later in the day.

As part of a final 72 hour push before Tuesday's primary, Casey joins Governors Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and Tim Kaine of Virginia and Massachusetts Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and John Kerry as they campaign across Pennsylvania on behalf of Barack Obama.

As previously announced, Clinton will be in Ebensburg on Monday evening campaigning for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Bill Clinton is scheduled to appear at 5:15 p.m. at the Cambria County Historical Society, 615 N. Center St., Ebensburg.