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Ron Paul may be the least sartorial of the Republican presidential candidates on the ticket for Super Tuesday, but, style experts say, he’s the most authentic.
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Paul onstage during the national anthem at a debate in Mesa, Arizona on February 22.
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Sitting with staff members as he waits to be introduced at a "Hispanics in Politics" event on February 1st in Las Vegas.
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Onstage with U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) before a debate at the University North Florida on January 26 in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Ron Paul wears black leather Reebok shoes while holding a campaign town hall meeting with employees of Timberland LLC the day before the New Hampshire primary.
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Paul speaks during a campaign rally at the Grand Sierra Hotel on February 2 in Reno, Nevada.
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Paul answers questions during the American Principles Project Palmetto Freedom Forum on September 5, 2011 in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Walking into a television interview outside the Hilton Coliseum, the site of the Iowa Straw Poll, on August 13, 2011.
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Paul greets visitors at the Iowa State Fair August 12, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Paul waits to be introduced at a campaign stop August 10, 2011 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Paul strides through the basement of the Cannon House Office Building on May 3, 2011.
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Paul before the Republican debates at Florida Atlantic University Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium in Boca Raton, FL on January 24th, 2008 with Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee.
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