Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz shakes hands with a rally attendee after speaking at the UMaine's Collins Center for the Arts on Friday.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas laid out his three priorities at the outset of his roughly 45-minute speech and walked the crowd through them one by one in Orono on Friday.
Ted Cruz speaks at the University of Maine In Orono on Friday. He pledged to repeal Obamacare, which he called "the biggest job killer in America," as well as institute a flat-tax system, eliminate the Internal Revenue Service and address illegal immigration.
Ted Cruz walks into the media room, where he spoke with members of the press Friday before taking the stage at his campaign rally in Orono.
Ted Cruz fields a question from the new media Friday before his rally at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks inside the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine In Orono on Friday.
Marion Bailey sits among the crowd as people gather inside the Collins Center for the Arts before Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks at UMaine on Friday. "I watched the debate last night, and Cruz was the only one who gave good information," Bailey said. She's 88 years old, and has never caucused before, but plans to on Saturday.
Gabriel Woodrow, 15, wears a Ted Cruz jersey at the Collins Center for the Arts. Woodrow said he's been following Cruz's politics even before he was a presidential candidate, and said his religion is a factor in his preference of Cruz over other candidates.
Ted Cruz speaks at the University of Maine In Orono.
A crowd gathers inside the Collins Center for the Arts before Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks at the University of Maine in Orono on Friday.
A Ted Cruz fan is ready for the candidate who will speak Friday morning at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono.
The Collins Center for the Arts begins to fill up Friday morning before the arrival of Ted Cruz. Cruz's religious affiliation has driven his appeal, particularly among evangelical voters.
The audience waits for Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in Orono on Friday morning, one day before the state’s Republican caucuses.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz: “We are here because our country is in crisis, because we are bankrupting our kids and our grandkids, because our constitutional rights are under assault every day.”
Audience members applaud Sen. Ted Cruz at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine in Orono on Friday.
Gabriel Woodrow, wearing a Ted Cruz U.S.A. jersey, cheers at the Friday rally for the Republican presidential candidate.
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