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The line extends around the SeaGate Convention Centre to see Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Friday afternoon.

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Tim Heiden, 16, lays on the ground to make a sign while waiting in line at the SeaGate Convention Centre.

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Daniel Trantham, 18, of Bowling Green, holds a sign while waiting in line to see presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

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The line extends around the SeaGate Convention Centre to see Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

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Former City Councilman Frank Szollosi, right, Great Lakes Regional Outreach Coordinator for National Wildlife Federation, asks Starr Gonzalez, left , and her daughter Zaira Adams, center, of Fostoria, to sign a petition while they wait with Adams' son Lennon Gonzalez, 1.

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Rebecca Bunny, of Toledo, makes a sign while waiting in line at the SeaGate Centre to see Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speak in Toledo.

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Volunteer Hedyeh Elahinia, a student at UT, signs-up volunteers for the Sanders campaign and hands out stickers while people wait at outside the SeaGate Centre.

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Volunteer Hedyeh Elahinia, a student at UT, signs-up volunteers for the Sanders campaign and hands out stickers while people wait at outside the SeaGate Centre.

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Bernie Sanders campaign stickers.

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George LaRoy sells Bernie Sanders buttons and hats to people waiting outside of the SeaGate Centre to see presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

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James Izbinski, of Toeldo, waits in line outside of the SeaGate Convention Centre to see presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

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Jacon Madden of Toledo shows off a Bernie Sanders tattoo while volunteering for the Sanders campaign.

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Annabel Byrd, left, 18, her twin sister Abigail Byrd, center, and Aidan Roberts, 17, right, of Macomb, Ohio, are the first people in line outside the SeaGate Centre to see Bernie Sanders.

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Supporters gather before the arrival of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Friday inside the SeaGate Centre

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Julian Mack, center, raises both his arms up to cheer as he and other supporters welcome Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Friday.

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Connie Smithingell of the Old West End, center, held her 8-month-old son Mason as they waited to see Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Friday at the SeaGate Centre. Ms. Smithingell said Mr. Sanders paid maternity leave policy was a key reason she is supporting him.

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U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) introduces Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to supporters at the SeaGate Centre.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, right, and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo), left, wave to the crowd inside the SeaGate Centre.

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sanders12p Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivers his address Friday, March 11, 2016, at the SeaGate Centre in downtown Toledo. Hundreds of local supporters turned out to support Mr. Sanders in advance of the Tuesday, March 15 Ohio primary as he continues his bid to win the Democratic Party nomination for President. THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH

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People wait to be let inside the SeaGate Convention Centre Friday afternoon prior to the arrival of Bernie Sanders.

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Adelaide Ellcessor, 3, center, of Muncie, Ind., stands on her dad's shoulders while waiting in line to enter the SeaGate Center Friday

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Sydney Parker, 25, left, and Brooklyn Fox, 22, right, both of Toledo, run down the sidewalk with signs while people wait to enter the SeaGate Center prior to Bernie Sanders' Friday rally.

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Supporters gather before the arrival of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Friday at the SeaGate Centre.

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Timothy Weaver sports buttons in support of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

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Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D, Ohio) endorses Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders before he speaks to the crowd at the SeaGate Centre.

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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to the crowd at the SeaGate Centre.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders fields questions on his trade policy from Blade reporters Tom Troy, left, and Ignazio Messina, center, at the SeaGate Centre.

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FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez, left, greets members of the crowd after helping to introduce Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Friday at the SeaGate Centre.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivers his address local supporters gathered at the SeaGate Center Friday afternoon.

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Supporters listen as Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivers his address.

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"We are going to build an economy that works for workers, that works for seniors, that works for veterans, and not just for the top 1 percent,' Mr. Sanders said Friday.

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Supporters cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the SeaGate Centre in downtown Toledo. H

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivers his address Friday at the SeaGate Centre.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivers his address Friday at the SeaGate Centre.

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Supporters hold up signs touting 'A Future To Believe In' as Bernie Sanders speaks in Toledo.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told supporters at the SeaGate Centre Friday that he hopes to see a turnout at Ohio's Primary Tuesday similar to that in Michigan last week.

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'If I did give a speech to Wall Street it would not be behind closed doors. It would be in front of TV cameras and it would be that their greed, their recklessness, their illegal behavior, helped destroy this economy,' Mr. Sanders said. 'We’ve got to break them up.'

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Candidate Bernie Sanders, Mr. Sanders urged some 2,400 listeners to turn out in big numbers Tuesday.

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The Vermont lawmaker Bernie Sanders attacked a “rigged economy” and “greed” by Wall Street, and trade agreements that he said have contributed to the loss of 60,000 factories in America.

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More than 2,000 supporters crowded the SeaGate Centre in Toledo Friday to hear presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speak.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd in Toledo after his speech.

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Supporters push in to reach Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, bottom center, after he delivered his address Friday at the SeaGate Centre.

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