Clinton and Sanders both say the road to the White House runs through New York

Bernie Sanders addresses 18,000 people at St. Mary's Park in the Bronx, New York
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The Wisconsin Democratic primary is next Tuesday, but yesterday, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders were both campaigning in New York, a state that both claim deep ties to — and one that doesn't vote until April 19. Clinton is already running New York–specific ads, and she and husband Bill Clinton are also campaigning in New York City on Friday. Sanders held a large rally Thursday night at a park in the Bronx, and his campaign said it will air special New York ads, too. Clinton, whose primary home is in Chappaqua, is noting her eight years representing the state in the U.S. Senate, while Sanders is talking a lot about his childhood in Brooklyn.

New York, with 247 delegates, is the second-biggest pool of pledged delegates left, after California, and Sanders is hoping an upset victory over Clinton will propel him to the nomination, both by hauling in a cache of delegates and by embarrassing her in her adopted home state. "Winning would create a story beyond the mere delegate count, which I think would propel his campaign," Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, tells The New York Times. "We've got to do well in New York, obviously," Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver tells The Washington Post, "but she has to do really well in New York."

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.