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Presidential campaigning continues in WNY

Supporters of Donald Trump have been flocking to his local campaign headquarters at the Ellicott Square Building.
Mike Desmond/wbfo news
Supporters of Donald Trump have been flocking to his local campaign headquarters at the Ellicott Square Building.

On the eve of the New York primary, presidential campaigns continue to make their way to Buffalo.WBFO's MIke Desmond reports.

Supporters of Donald Trump have been flocking to his local campaign headquarters at the Ellicott Square Building.
Credit Mike Desmond/wbfo news
Supporters of Donald Trump have been flocking to his local campaign headquarters at the Ellicott Square Building.

On the Republican side, Donald Trump finishes his campaign for his home state's delegates in First Niagara Center tonight. Carl Paladino says it was Trump's choice to finish his campaign in an area with a lot of support.

"As far as I know, the advance team and the arena have accommodated every possible person that they can get in there and I think it's going to be an interesting crowd," said Paladino who expects a crowd approaching 20,000.

Senator Ted Cruz held a small rally on U-B's North Campus and Ohio Governor John Kasich didn't come west of Rochester. Paladino says that's because this is "Trump Country."

This morning, former President Bill Clinton and Governor Cuomo will be at a Democratic phone bank in Larkinville asking supporters to make that one last push for tomorrow.

"As I said from the beginning, they're not taking anything for granted," said Jeremy Zellner, Chair of the Erie County Democratic Party.

"The Hillary Clinton campaign has been working overtime here in Western New York and we've worked very hard, closely with the campaign right out of our headquarters to have volunteers coming in every day for the last month so we're going to close strong."

President Clinton lost races in his old home state of Arkansas and Hillary Clinton lost a presidential race eight years ago to Barack Obama, so both know how elections work and what they require.

 

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