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Slideshow: Presidential Candidates Tour Texas

Presidential candidates from both parties descended on Texas in recent weeks hoping to woo voters here ahead of Super Tuesday. Here’s a selection of our favorite photos from the Texas campaign trail.

By Shelby Tauber, Michael Stravato and Cooper NeillMarch 1, 2016, 7:07 p.m. CentralUpdated March 1, 2016, 7:07 p.m. Central

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Slideshow: Presidential Candidates Tour Texas

by Shelby Tauber, The Texas Tribune
March 1, 2016

<h1>Slideshow: Presidential Candidates Tour Texas</h1>
<p class="byline">by Shelby Tauber, The Texas Tribune <br />March 1, 2016</p>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_0329-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_0329-2-1.jpg" alt="Fans watch Donald Trump speak at his rally at the Forth Worth Convention Center on Feb. 26, 2016." class="wp-image-153201" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Fans watch Donald Trump speak at his rally at the Forth Worth Convention Center on Feb. 26, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_0243-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_0243-2-1.jpg" alt="Chris Christie speaks at a rally in Fort Worth after endorsing Donald Trump for president on Feb. 26, 2016." class="wp-image-153202" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Chris Christie speaks at a rally in Fort Worth after endorsing Donald Trump for president on Feb. 26, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_9748-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_9748-2-1.jpg" alt="Children hold up signs while waiting in line to enter the rally for Donald Trump in Fort Worth on Feb. 26, 2016." class="wp-image-153204" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Children hold up signs while waiting in line to enter the rally for Donald Trump in Fort Worth on Feb. 26, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-02-20_CLINTON_2-4-3-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-02-20_CLINTON_2-4-3-1.jpg" alt="Hillary Clinton greets supporters at Texas Southern University in Houston on Feb. 20, 2016, after winning the Nevada caucus." class="wp-image-147986" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Hillary Clinton greets supporters at Texas Southern University in Houston on Feb. 20, 2016, after winning the Nevada caucus.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/EDIT_2-22-16-BillClinton_07947-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/EDIT_2-22-16-BillClinton_07947-2-1.jpg" alt="Former President Bill Clinton speaks at Paul Quinn College as he campaigns for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in Dallas, on Feb. 22, 2016." class="wp-image-153208" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Former President Bill Clinton speaks at Paul Quinn College as he campaigns for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in Dallas, on Feb. 22, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-02-20_CLINTON_2213-2-2.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-02-20_CLINTON_2213-2-2.jpg" alt="Hillary Clinton greets supporters at Texas Southern University in Houston on Feb. 20, 2016, after winning the Nevada caucus." class="wp-image-171443" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Hillary Clinton greets supporters at Texas Southern University in Houston on Feb. 20, 2016, after winning the Nevada caucus.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bill_Clinton_TCC_0172-2-2.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bill_Clinton_TCC_0172-2-2.jpg" alt="Bill Clinton at a rally held at Fort Worth&apos;s Tarrant County College. Clinton came to Fort Worth to rally for his wife, Hillary Clinton." class="wp-image-171445" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bill Clinton at a rally held at Fort Worth's Tarrant County College. Clinton came to Fort Worth to rally for his wife, Hillary Clinton.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CruzRally-20160229-BrettBuchanan-selects-027-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CruzRally-20160229-BrettBuchanan-selects-027-2-1.jpg" alt="U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns in San Antonio a day ahead of Super Tuesday." class="wp-image-153213" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns in San Antonio a day ahead of Super Tuesday.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-02-26_HEIDICRUZ_3766-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-02-26_HEIDICRUZ_3766-2-1.jpg" alt="Susan Roshto, left, and Hazel Meaux, right, pose with Heidi Cruz, center, as she campaigns for her husband in Beaumont on Feb. 26, 2016." class="wp-image-153215" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Susan Roshto, left, and Hazel Meaux, right, pose with Heidi Cruz, center, as she campaigns for her husband in Beaumont on Feb. 26, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TedCruzRally9-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TedCruzRally9-2-1.jpg" alt="Cassandra and Brent Payne of Garland photograph themselves at the foot of the stage before U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s appearance at a rally in Dallas on Feb. 29, 2015." class="wp-image-153217" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Cassandra and Brent Payne of Garland photograph themselves at the foot of the stage before U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s appearance at a rally in Dallas on Feb. 29, 2015.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CruzRally-20160229-BrettBuchanan-selects-010-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CruzRally-20160229-BrettBuchanan-selects-010-2-1.jpg" alt="Ted Cruz, flanked by Gov. Greg Abbott and former Gov. Rick Perry, campaigns in San Antonio on Feb. 29, 2016, a day before Super Tuesday." class="wp-image-153218" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Ted Cruz, flanked by Gov. Greg Abbott and former Gov. Rick Perry, campaigns in San Antonio on Feb. 29, 2016, a day before Super Tuesday.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_9633-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_9633-1.jpg" alt="Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally in Dallas at the Verizon Theatre on Feb. 27, 2016." class="wp-image-153219" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally in Dallas at the Verizon Theatre on Feb. 27, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_9457-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_9457-2-1.jpg" alt="Bernie Sanders supporters at Verizon Theatre in Dallas, Feb. 27, 2016." class="wp-image-153220" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bernie Sanders supporters at Verizon Theatre in Dallas, Feb. 27, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_9151-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_9151-1.jpg" alt="Bernie Sanders addresses the crowd at Verizon Theatre in Dallas, Feb. 27, 2016." class="wp-image-153223" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bernie Sanders addresses the crowd at Verizon Theatre in Dallas, Feb. 27, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_8856-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_8856-2-1.jpg" alt="A Bernie Sanders supporter at Verizon Theatre in Dallas, Feb. 27, 2016." class="wp-image-153224" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A Bernie Sanders supporter at Verizon Theatre in Dallas, Feb. 27, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MarcoDallas_008-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MarcoDallas_008-2-1.jpg" alt="Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio speaks at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas on Feb. 26, 2016." class="wp-image-153226" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio speaks at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas on Feb. 26, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MarcoDallas_006-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MarcoDallas_006-2-1.jpg" alt="A volunteer hands out campaign signs during a Marco Rubio rally at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas on Feb. 26, 2016." class="wp-image-153227" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A volunteer hands out campaign signs during a Marco Rubio rally at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas on Feb. 26, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/BenCarsonIrving_015-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://texastribune-donor-migration.newspackstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/BenCarsonIrving_015-2-1.jpg" alt="Ben Carson, neurosurgeon and Republican presidential hopeful, speaks with the press after a campaign event in Irving on Feb. 27, 2016." class="wp-image-153229" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Ben Carson, neurosurgeon and Republican presidential hopeful, speaks with the press after a campaign event in Irving on Feb. 27, 2016.</figcaption></figure>
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