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Paul Iowa Visits

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Through 2nd Quarter 2015

Iowa: 10 visits, 16 days
2015
>Sen. Rand Paul visited Iowa on May 28, 2015. On his "Taking a Stand" book tour he did three "Stand With Rand" meet and greet/signings: a meet and greet/signing at the Longergan Group in Clinton; he made a quick unannounced stop at Ross' Restaurant in Bettendorf; did a meet and greet/signing at Modern Woodmen Baseball Park in Davenport; and a meet and greet/signing at Elly's Coffee and Tea House in Muscatine; and he attended a roundtable discussion and reception fundraiser for Sen. Chuck Grassley's re-election campaign at The Outing Club in Davenport.

>Sen. Rand Paul visited Iowa on May 16, 2015. He did a meet and greet at Comfort Suites in Burlington; a rally at Central Park in Fairfield, followed by a fundraiser for the campaign at Fairfield Arts and Convention Center in Fairfield; a meet and greet at Smokey Row in Oskaloosa; and in the evening spoke at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines.

>Sen. Rand Paul visited Iowa on April 24-25, 2015. On the evening of April 24 he attended a house party with local physicians in Ames. On April 25 he held a renewable fuels press conference with U.S. Rep. Rod Blum at Bloomsbury Farm in Atkins; did a rally at the American Legion in Vinton; a rally at the Drake Community Library in Grinnell; and spoke at Iowa FFC's presidential candidate forum in Waukee.

>Sen. Rand Paul visited Iowa City, Iowa on April 9-10, 2015 as part of his announcement tour. On the evening of April 9 he met with a group of young supporters at the University of Iowa; on the morning of April 10 he rallied in the Student Union Ballroom at the University of Iowa (+).

>Sen. Rand Paul visited Iowa on February 6-7, 2015. On February 6 he spoke at an "Audit the Fed" rally at Jasper Winery in Des Moines, one of a several Audit the Fed events sponsored by Liberty Iowa. On February 7 he did a meet and greet with U.S. Rep. Rod Blum at Legends American Grill in Marshalltown; as reported by the Des Moines Register (which was given exclusive access) he attended a private fundraiser organized for Paul by Steve Sukup at Hunziker House at Reiman Gardens in Ames; he attended the Iowa State-Texas Tech basketball game at Hilton Coliseum in Ames; and appeared an Iowa State watch-party rally with Young Americans for Liberty and College Republicans in the Scheman Building at Iowa State University in Ames.

2014: 3 visits, 5 days
>Sen. Rand Paul visited Iowa on October 22, 2014. He appeared with 1st CD Republican congressional nominee Rod Blum at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls; toured and held a small business roundtable at MobileDemand in Hiawatha; appeared at the Kaufmann Family Barbecue (a fundraiser for state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann) at the Wilton Community Center in Wilton; and spoke at a Joni Ernst for Senate rally outside the University of Iowa's Gilmore Hall in Iowa City.

>Sen. Rand Paul visited Iowa on August 4-6, 2014, doing a total of ten events including helping to open Republican Party of Iowa Victory offices in five cities (-).
On August 4 he spoke at the GOP Victory office at 231 South Main St. in Council Bluffs; spoke at the GOP Victory office at 2526 Glen Ave. in Sioux City; and in the evening he appeared at a fundraiser for Congressman Steve King at the Barefoot Bar in Okoboji (-).
On August 5 he headlined a Cerro Gordo GOP breakfast fundraiser at Mason City Municipal Airport Restaurant in Clear Lake; spoke at the GOP Victory office at 1340 Blairs Ferry Rd. in Hiawatha (Cedar Rapids); spoke at a Mariannette Miller-Meeks for Congress fundraiser at the University Club in Iowa City; toured and made a speech at Von Maur department store corporate headquarters in Davenport; and spoke at the GOP Victory office at 311 W. Kimberly Rd. in Davenport.
On the morning of August 6 he spoke to the Westside Conservative Club at the Iowa Machine Shed in Urbandale; and spoke at the GOP Victory office at 2775 86th St. in Urbandale.

>On June 14, 2014 Sen. Rand Paul spoke at the Republican Party of Iowa state convention at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines, Iowa. Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Sen. Rick Santorum also spoke.

2013: 2 visits, 3 days
>Sen. Rand Paul spoke at the American Renewal Project's "Pastors and Pews" (closed event) in Des Moines, Iowa, held a news conference, and hosted a meeting with black and evangelical leaders and Republican leaders including Reince Priebus on July 19, 2013.

>Sen. Rand Paul visited Iowa on May 10-11, 2013. On May 10 in Cedar Rapids he held a press conference, did coffee at the home Dan and Belinda Gee sponsored by Five Seasons Republican Women; and headlined the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Lincoln Dinner at The Hotel at Kirkwood. On May 11 he keynoted the Johnson County GOP's "Breakfast of Champions" fundraiser at North Liberty Communty Center in North Liberty.