Former President Bill Clinton to West Virginia Monday

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Former President Bill Clinton's heading to West Virginia Monday, to try and keep in party hands a seat that the Democrats have held for more than half a century.

Gov. Joe Manchin announced Friday that he would be joined by the former President Monday at a rally in Morgantown, West Virginia.

"I am truly pleased that President Bill Clinton will join me on the campaign trail," Manchin said in a release. "President Clinton understands West Virginians and this is a great opportunity for me to continue to share my vision for West Virginia and how I will continue to stand up and fight for what is best for our state and nation. I encourage fellow West Virginians to come out and join us."

The popular two-term Democratic governor is his party's Senate nominee in a special election this November to fill the final two years of the term of Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd, who died earlier this year. Byrd was first elected to the Senate in 1958.