A day after Bernie Sanders suspended his public events to recover from a heart procedure, his campaign announced he will join 11 rivals in Ohio on Oct. 15 for the next Democratic presidential debate.
The 78-year-old Vermont senator experienced chest pains at a Las Vegas campaign stop on Tuesday. After determining he was suffering from a blocked artery, doctors inserted two stents. Sanders was "conversing and in good spirits" on Wednesday, a senior campaign adviser said in a statement.
It remains unclear clear when Sanders plans to resume campaigning, but spokesman Joe Calvello confirmed Thursday that the self-described democratic socialist senator from Vermont was still planning to participate in the Oct. 15 debate on the campus of Otterbein University outside Columbus, Ohio.
Recent polls on the Democratic presidential race have found Sanders in third place, behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Sanders has been one of the most successful fundraisers in the Democratic contest, finding success with small-money donors. His campaign announced Tuesday that he'd taken in more than $25 million over the last three months, up from $18 million in the previous quarter.
The October debate, which will last nearly 2 { hours, will be shown on CNN, starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper and New York Times national editor Marc Lacey will moderate.
