Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders will each hold rallies at the Tucson Convention Center in last-minute attempts to reach voters before Arizonans vote Tuesday in a presidential preference election.
Democrat Sanders will hold a public rally Friday evening, March 18, at the Tucson Convention Center downtown.
Republican front-runner Trump will hold a 2 p.m. rally Saturday, March 19, at the Convention Center, city officials confirmed late Thursday night. Ticket information was not immediately available.
Meanwhile, GOP candidate Ted Cruz will tour the border around Douglas Friday, March 18, with Arizona House Speaker David Gowan.
Two former presidential candidates, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina, will be part of the border tour Friday with Cruz. The border tour will not have any public events, although Cruz will meet with reporters at a Douglas ranch in the afternoon.
Cruz is also holding a rally at a Phoenix Christian college earlier in the day, and Trump will hold a Saturday morning rally in Fountain Hills in the Phoenix area.
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio had not announced any Tucson or Southern Arizona visits as of Thursday evening.
The Sanders campaign is asking those interested in his event to RSVP with the campaign, saying the rally is first come, first served. He is set to take the stage at 7:30 p.m., but people are encouraged to show up early.
When Sanders visited Tucson last October, some 11,000 supporters overwhelmed Reid Park and lined up beyond the barriers of the amphitheater.
For security reasons, the campaign is asking the public to not bring bags, limiting it to small personal items like keys and cell phones. Sharp objects, chairs, things that can be used as weapons and signs or banners on sticks will not be allowed through security.
Go to http://bit.ly/1R24Fgq to RSVP for the Sanders rally.
