U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will bring her 2020 Democratic presidential campaign to St. Paul on Monday.
A town hall is set for 6:15 p.m., Aug. 19, at the Leonard Center Fieldhouse on the Macalester College campus.
"Elizabeth's decision to forgo high-dollar fundraisers and call-time means she's doing the work of building a grassroots movement in Minnesota and across the country," campaign spokesperson Chris Hayden said in a statement.
"She'll continue traveling to as many places as possible in the coming months and is looking forward to being in the Twin Cities to hear from voters about the issues important to them," he added.
Democrat Adam Gamradt, 42, a systems analyst from Bloomington, is eager to hear Warren speak. "The more I learn about her, the more I like her," he said.
That includes her analytical approach to issues and the fact that she "personifies the difference between management and leadership," he said.
Warren is gaining in surveys of likely Democratic caucusgoers in Iowa, which holds the first 2020 contest on Feb. 3. A Monmouth University Poll released Thursday found her at 19%. Only former Vice President Joe Biden, at 28%, had more support.
A RealClearPolitics average of national polls also shows her in second place to Biden, with a narrow lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. In national polls conducted Aug. 1-6, Biden's average rating was 30.8%. Warren had 18.3% and Sanders had 16.5%.
