Just hours after the Nevada caucuses begin on Saturday, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is heading back to Texas to campaign in El Paso and San Antonio ahead of the state’s March 3 presidential primary.

The Sanders campaign announced he will be in El Paso at 3 p.m. for a free rally on Saturday. Then at 7 p.m., he’ll be in San Antonio for another free rally at the Cowboys Dance Hall.

It makes the second trip to Texas in just over a week for Sanders. Last week he held a rally at a rodeo arena in Mesquite in North Texas. His campaign also opened campaign field offices in San Antonio, Houston, Austin and McAllen in the last week.

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It will mark Sanders’ first campaign stop in San Antonio during the 2020 presidential cycle. Former Vice President Joe Biden was in San Antonio for a rally in December, and last month former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg stopped in the city during a day long bus tour along Interstate 35.

Sanders is coming to Texas as new polls show him gaining steam in the Lone Star State. In University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll conducted from Jan. 31 to Feb. 9, Sanders was winning the support of 24 percent of Democratic voters in Texas. Biden was second at 22 percent. It was the first major poll of Texas voters in almost a year that didn’t show Biden as the leader.

More Information Bernie Sanders Rallies El Paso: 3 p.m. Abraham Chavez Theatre, 1 Civic Center Plaza, El Paso. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. San Antonio: 7 p.m. Cowboys Dance Hall, 3030 NE Loop 410, San Antonio. Doors open at 5 p.m.

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Texas and its 228 pledged delegates are looming large in the Democratic primary field in which none of the leading contenders have been able to break away from the field after early contests in New Hampshire and Iowa. Texas votes on Super Tuesday along with 13 other states.

Early voting in Texas began on Tuesday and runs through Feb. 28.

Tickets are not required to either rally, but the campaign is asking attendees to RSVP on its website.