Former President Bill Clinton will hold a campaign rally for his former aide, Democratic House candidate Sean Patrick Maloney, in Somers on Sunday, his campaign announced this morning via email.

Maloney, who faces Republican incumbent Rep. Nan Hayworth, frequently mentions his time in the Clinton administration, where he worked on civil justice issues.

Clinton endorsed Maloney in June.

The former president, now a Westchester County resident, has held several rallies for House candidates, including Reps. Louise Slaughter and Kathy Hochul, who Cuomo is stumping for today.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, another Clinton alum, is crisscrossing the state today on behalf of several Democratic congressional candidates, but Maloney isn’t one of them (to be fair, Cuomo did endorse Rep. Bill Owens, but isn’t campaign for him today, either).

Cuomo and Maloney competed for the Democratic nomination for attorney general in 2006 and later tangled over the troopergate investigation.

“I’m honored to have President Bill Clinton join us this weekend in the final days of our fight to defeat the Tea Party here in the Hudson Valley,” Maloney said in a statement. “Working with President Clinton in the White House, I learned how to do what the Tea Party won’t: create jobs and balance the budget—without even thinking about ending Medicare’s guaranteed benefit.”

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