Hillary Clinton's daughter will campaign in New Jersey on Friday.
WASHINGTON -- Chelsea Clinton will campaign for her mother in Essex and Middlesex counties next Friday, Hillary Clinton's campaign said.
Details on her trip will be announced later.
The campaign said she "will talk about how her mom is the best candidate to break down the barriers holding families back and raise incomes for New Jersey families" and recruit volunteers in advance of the June 7 primary.
Chelsea Clinton's trip is scheduled two days after her mother the candidate will visit the state.
A Monmouth University poll released this week showed Clinton, who representing neighboring New York in the U.S. Senate for eight years, with nearly 2-to-1 lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in New Jersey..
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Sanders is scheduled to hold rallies Sunday at Rutgers University's athletic center in Piscataway, and Monday at the Atlantic City boardwalk.
The New Jersey primary rarely has been important as the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential standard-bearers have sewn up their nominations well before Garden State voters to go the polls.
But Hillary Clinton is still 154 delegates short of the 2,383 needed to clinch the nomination, and a strong performance in New Jersey could guarantee her a first-ballot victory even if she does not do well in other upcoming primaries. She leads Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by more than 700 delegates, according to the Associated Press.
Clinton won nine of Guam's 12 delegates on Saturday, with Sanders getting the other three.
Donald Trump's win in Indiana on Tuesday and the subsequent withdrawals of his last two rivals, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, made the New Jersey primary almost irrelevant except to ensure that the billionaire businessman reaches the 1,237-delegate threshold at the national convention.
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