The Latest: Bloomberg courts black voters in Alabama

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on 2020 Democratic president race and Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire (all times local):

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Democrat Michael Bloomberg is courting black voters as he campaigns for president far from New Hampshire, in Alabama.

The former New York mayor stopped Saturday in Montgomery, Alabama, where he toured the late Martin Luther King Jr.'s church, spoke at a Democratic party luncheon and held a rally at Alabama State University, a historically black college and university.

Bloomberg shared his plan to increase wealth and home ownership among African Americans and pledged to go "toe to toe" with President Donald Trump if he wins the Democratic nomination.

Bloomberg joined the race in November and is skipping the four early states, campaigning instead in states like Alabama that hold their primaries on March 3, known as "Super Tuesday" because the biggest number of delegates will be up for grabs.

Voter Arnold Mitchell, a retired forensic scientist from Montgomery, attended Bloomberg’s rally at Alabama State. He said he’s deciding between Bloomberg, former Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Mitchell says he’s looking for a candidate with experience and who can “galvanize the country and bring people together.” Mitchell said he’s ruled out backing former Vice President Joe Biden because of “he’s been stained with the Trump impeachment.”

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Bernie Sanders says his 2016 Democratic primary win in New Hampshire legitimized that campaign for a national audience -- and he's predicting a repeat performance in Tuesday’s primary.

Addressing an overflow crowd at the downtown opera house in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Saturday, the Vermont senator called his win in the state four years ago “enormously...