Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by his wife Melania, right, daughter Ivanka, left, and son Eric, background left, as he speaks during a primary night news conference Tuesday in New York.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thursday will be a big day for politics in the Kanawha Valley.
Democratic candidate for president Bernie Sanders will speak Thursday afternoon in South Charleston. Republican front-runner Donald Trump will speak Thursday evening in Charleston.
After months of hinting at a visit, the businessman will speak at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Charleston Civic Center, according to a statement from his campaign.
Trump’s visit comes after Bill Cole, the Republican candidate for governor, endorsed the polarizing hotel mogul.
A new poll of West Virginia voters shows Trump is overwhelmingly popular in the Mountain State — with 61 percent of Republican voters favoring him — and that West Virginia is one of very few states where more people view him favorably than unfavorably.
Trump will be the third presidential candidate to hold a campaign event in West Virginia.
“It’s going to be great for our city,” said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones. “Fourteen thousand people will go to the Civic Center…
