Trump to hold rally on eve of New Hampshire primary

President Trump will hold a reelection rally in New Hampshire the day before the state holds its first-in-the-nation primary next month. 

Trump’s reelection campaign announced Thursday it will hold the event on Feb. 10 in Manchester at SNHU Arena, which seats about 10,000 people.

“President Trump looks forward to returning to the Granite State to celebrate his message of ‘Promises Made, Promises Kept,’” said Michael Glassner, chief operating officer of the Trump campaign.

The rally will take place on the eve of the Feb. 11 primary in the Granite State, where several Democrats are duking it out to emerge from the critical contest with a victory.

While the Real Clear Politics polling average shows Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) with a lead in the race, recent surveys have shown a tightening of the top tier between him, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. 

Trump, who is in the middle of a tear of campaign events, has often timed his rallies to coincide with Democratic events — the president is scheduled to hold a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, less than a week before the Hawkeye State’s caucuses.

New Hampshire is also expected to be hotly contested in the general election after Trump lost to Hillary Clinton there by fewer than 3,000 votes in 2016.