U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has twice failed to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, but the 83-year-old still holds sway among the progressive wing of a party he technically doesn’t belong to.

Next week, Sanders will appear with two Maine candidates — one established, one untested — who both hope to tap into his progressive, populist movement to win their respective primaries.

The longtime independent senator from Vermont will hold a “fighting oligarchy” rally on Labor Day in Portland with former Senate President Troy Jackson, a logger from Allagash who is running for governor, and Graham Platner, a veteran and oyster farmer who announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate last week.

The rally is part of a national tour by Sanders, who continues to recruit and train progressive

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