Here is what’s happening:
- Doors opened at 4 p.m. Speeches start later in the evening, including one by socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant. Admission is free.
- Commuters should expect traffic congestion near Safeco Field in the afternoon and evening. The Washington State Department of Transportation tweeted that traffic for the Bellevue-Seattle commute would be about the same as during an afternoon Mariners game.
- Democrats across the state will caucus tomorrow, dividing up 101 delegates between Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Find your caucus location here. If you’re wondering how it all works, check out our explainer.
Additional coverage:
- Bernie Sanders’ last appearance in Seattle
- Hillary Clinton’s last appearance in Seattle
- More on Election 2016 and the presidential campaign
UPDATE, 6:26 p.m.:
UPDATE: 6:20 p.m.:
(1/2) Unsure of crowd size @BernieSanders rally but only part of lower deck at Safeco full – rest empty due to slow security. Still filling
— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) March 26, 2016
(2/2) So basically @BernieSanders Safeco crowd as of now maybe several thousand, like your typical late losing-season #Mariners game
— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) March 26, 2016
UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.:
Bernie Sanders is scheduled to speak in 45 minutes. What are the odds he could get a visit from a little birdie twice in one day?

UPDATE, 6:06 p.m.:
UPDATE, 5:51 p.m.:
UPDATE, 5:45 p.m.:
Sawant is talking about her own campaign win, and leading the crowd in a chant of “When we fight, we win! When we fight, we win!â€
She told the crowd to stand against “bigotry, misogyny and homophobia of billionaire Donald Trump.â€
Sawant also took a shot at Hillary Clinton: “We do not need a president who has taken millions from Wall Street banks.â€
UPDATE, 5:35 p.m.:
UPDATE, 5:31 p.m.:
Apparently, Bernie appeals to head-bangers, too. #BernieinSeattle pic.twitter.com/9rhdpZq5wH
— Lewis Kamb (@lewiskamb) March 26, 2016
UPDATE, 5:24 p.m.:
UPDATE, 5:20 p.m.:
Heather Yarbrough brought her 5-month-old daughter, Kaimana, and her 9-week-old pit bull puppy, Madame, to the rally. Yarbrough said that with two young children and a new puppy, she hadn’t been keeping up with the presidential campaign. “My friends have been raving for Bernie. I had to see for myself.†She’s from Kansas but is relocating to Steilacom with her husband.

UPDATE, 5:16 p.m.:
Best Safeco Field seats yet – press set up on field by 1st base dugout. @BernieSanders mic at home plate pic.twitter.com/TJdyquh8Al
— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) March 26, 2016
UPDATE: 5:02 p.m.:
April Sims brought her two daughters to the Bernie Sanders rally, and while waiting in the long line outside Safeco Field, she gathered signatures for a statewide initiative seeking to raise the minimum-wage.
Sims, who works for the Washington State Labor Council, a coalition of labor unions, said she had signed up at least 85 people in a couple hours.
“I’m just taking advantage of being surrounded by so many like-minded people,†she said.
Sims noted both Sanders and his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, had endorsed the proposed measure.
Initiative 1433 seeks to raise the statewide minimum wage to $13.50 per hour over four years and give workers up to seven days of “safe and sick leave†credit per year.
Daughter Niah Sims, 13, said she was excited to see Sanders.
Her favorite thing about him?
“That he’s not like Trump,†she said.
April Sims is signing up folks for state minimum wage initiative while standing in line for rally w/ daughter . pic.twitter.com/FZTu0vfFCj
— Lewis Kamb (@lewiskamb) March 26, 2016
UPDATE, 5 p.m.:
UPDATE: 4:48 p.m.:
Sean Donatello, from Washington, D.C., took  time out of his vacation in Seattle to attend Bernie Sanders’ rally. He said he supports Sanders’ socialist policies including free college tuition, revamping the Affordable Care Act and his support for women and minorities. “It’s not just that he isn’t a bigot. He’s got the longest history of standing up for the little people.â€

UPDATE: 4:42 p.m.:
She’s feeling the (little) Bern. pic.twitter.com/aNOMAnNUEP
— Lewis Kamb (@lewiskamb) March 25, 2016
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UPDATE, 4:38 p.m.:

Lynn and Mike Treseler of Edmonds came to Seattle to support Bernie Sanders. Lynn said she feels passionate about the inequality in the country and Sanders’ message that it’s a rigged economy. “Corporations are controlling so much. The richest people are getting richer. There’s terrible poverty. I’m surprised there hasn’t been a revolution already.â€
UPDATE, 4:29 p.m.:
Wearing a shirt that reads, “99% love Bernie Sanders,†T-shirt vendor Andrew Houston, 51, of Vancouver, said he had sold about 150 shirts in three to four hours outside Safeco Field.
Houston’s company, yugewear.com, donates three dollars from each shirt sale to the Sanders campaign, he said.

A sign taped to Houston’s arm displayed prices as follows:
“Bernie? Not for sale. This T-shirt? $20.â€
T-shirt vendor at Bernie Sanders posts prices for wares: pic.twitter.com/6XUf9iQ7HY
— Lewis Kamb (@lewiskamb) March 25, 2016
UPDATE, 4:22 p.m.:

UPDATE, 4:08 p.m.:
The line from Safeco Field stretched across the street past CenturyLink Field, snaked through its north parking lot, then doglegged around a building to Occidental Avenue.
Near its end three teenagers from Mill Creek held signs reading “Gays for Bernie,†“Feel the Bern,†and “Latinxs Por Bernie.â€
Miguel Carroll, 17, said by the time of the presidential election, she will have turned 18.
“So we are caucusing tomorrow,†Carroll said.
He and friends, Shione Borgal, 18, and Molica Perry, 17, said they support Bernie Sanders because he appeals to a more diverse group of people, including immigrants, gays and low income families.
“I absolutely love his consistency,†said Carroll. “You can’t see that in Hillary.â€
Perry added that Sanders’ stances on the environment, reducing student debt and racial inequality issues attract her the most to his candidacy.
Young supporters of Bernie Sanders say his message more consistent representative than Hillary Clinton’s message. pic.twitter.com/un1oO2LMQb
— Lewis Kamb (@lewiskamb) March 25, 2016
UPDATE, 4:01 p.m.:
This guy brought his goat named “Deer” to the Bernie Sanders’ rally. For the record, “the goat can’t vote,” he says. pic.twitter.com/u6nRRFL4YB
— Lewis Kamb (@lewiskamb) March 25, 2016
UPDATE, 3:54 p.m.:
Line for #BernieinSeattle at Safeco Field stretches all way back past CenturyLink parking lot pic.twitter.com/CNFvrLsLID
— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) March 25, 2016
UPDATE, 1:53 p.m.:
The Sanders campaign kicked off the day bright and early with this tongue-in-cheek tweet promoting the event: