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President Barack Obama is planning to return home to Chicago's South Side on Sunday for a get-out-the-vote rally focused on supporting Gov. Pat Quinn, an Illinois congressman said Tuesday.

Rep. Danny Davis, a Chicago Democrat, said the Quinn campaign reached out to him Monday night to ask about distributing tickets for the event. Davis said the venue had not been chosen at that time but would be at an indoor location on the South Side.

"I understand that it's primarily for Pat Quinn," Davis said of the rally.

"I think the president is obviously interested in helping to get the vote out for Democrats and I think it would certainly be desirable to have him come," added Davis, who said he planned to attend the rally and expected other Democratic members of Congress to turn out.

Early voting starts in Illinois next Monday.

Davis noted that top Democrats including first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and former first lady and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are working for Illinois candidates leading up to the Nov. 4 election. Biden plans to visit Chicago Oct. 22 to campaign for Quinn, who is in a hard-fought contest against Republican challenger Bruce Rauner.

Talking about President Obama coming to Illinois, Davis said: "That's sort of what I would expect a president to do, especially, if there were hot races in the state and there seems to be hot races, so I'm certain that that's a prudent thing to do."

The president will attend a $10,000-a-seat Democratic National Committee fundraiser on Monday in Lincoln Park, the White House announced earlier. The event is a dinner at the home of Barbara Goodman Manilow, chairman of the board of Crown Family Philanthropies.

kskiba@tribune.com

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Obama plans South Side rally, congressman says