Ron Paul

November 19, 2007 -- IOWA CITY, IOWA—Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul rallied with over 200 University of Iowa students over the weekend. The 10-term Texas congressman and rising 2008 GOP White House contender met with students at a University of Iowa-Western Michigan University noontime tailgate in Iowa City on Sunday.    » read more »

November 16, 2007 -- FRESNO, CALIFORNIA--- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul won yesterday’s straw poll at the Salute to Republican Leaders fundraiser hosted by the Fresno County Republican Party. Congressman Paul won with 35 percent, beating Rudy Giuliani, who garnered 33 percent of the vote. This win attests to the strength of the Paul campaign in California.    » read more »

November 16, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul today gained a public endorsement from Barry M. Goldwater, Jr.

“America is at a crossroads,” said Mr. Goldwater. “We have begun to stray from our traditions and must get back to what has made us the greatest nation on earth or we will lose much of the freedom we hold dear. Ron Paul stands above all of the other candidates in his commitment to liberty and to America.”

“Leading America is difficult, and I know Ron Paul is the man for the job,” he added.    » read more »

November 14, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA—Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is gaining momentum in New Hampshire and Iowa, according to a poll released Tuesday by CBS News and the New York Times. The Texas congressman has garnered an estimated 8 percent in New Hampshire, surpassing former GOP front-runner Fred Thompson, and is now tied with John McCain in Iowa.    » read more »

November 13, 2007 -- MISSOULA, MONTANA—Rising 2008 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was endorsed last week by the Montana Sports Shooting Association (MSSA), adding to his growing list of endorsements from Montana politicians.

"Ron Paul has been a consistent and ardent supporter of the rights of gun owners for 30 years,” said MSSA President Gary Marbut. “We commend him to all thoughtful and concerned gun owners."    » read more »

November 13, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA—Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is rising in the polls after a record-breaking fundraising day last week elevated him to top-tier status in the media. Two polls released this weekend by the Boston Globe in association with the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, and the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, both reveal Congressman Paul to be polling at seven percent in New Hampshire.    » read more »

November 10, 2007 -- PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA– Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul today addressed a crowd of over 5,000 enthusiastic supporters in Philadelphia. The Veteran's Day weekend rally took place from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at Independence Mall.

Hundreds of veterans and their friends and families heard country music superstar Rockie Lynne open for the Texas congressman and rising    » read more »

November 8, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA— Republican presidential candidate and 10-term Texas Congressman Ron Paul voted Tuesday to uphold President Bush’s veto on the controversial water projects measure that authorizes over 900 projects that could cost $38 billion to complete. The measure, attached to a $215 billion spending bill, was condemned by Congressman Paul and many other House Republicans as an exercise in government waste and unsustainable deficit spending.    » read more »

Rising Republican Presidential Candidate Shatters Records, Builds New Support, Moves Closer to the Nomination

November 6, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA—Republican presidential candidate and Texas congressman Ron Paul made US electoral history yesterday with an unprecedented single-day fundraising haul. In 24 hours, 36,672 unique donors contributed over $4 million online, and over 200,000 offline, for more than $4.2 million to win the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

Over 20,000 were first-time donors.    » read more »

November 5, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has raised over $3.1 million in the past 19 hours, making today’s the single largest fundraising effort of the 2008 election cycle.

At 4:00 pm, the campaign’s $2.7 million broke the record for the largest online presidential primary fundraising effort in a single day, and by 6:30 pm, the campaign broke Mitt Romney’s $3.1 million record for single-day fundraising this year.

Thus far today, approximately 25,000 supporters have contributed to the so-called “money bomb.”    » read more »

November 5, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul beat all online primary fundraising records at 4:00pm today. In 16 hours, the Ron Paul campaign brought in over $2.7 million in online contributions, making it the largest single-day online primary fundraising effort by a presidential candidate in United States election history.    » read more »

November 5, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA—Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s new book, A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship, broke into the best-seller’s list this weekend. On November 2, Congressman Paul’s collection of speeches on foreign policy from his 10-term career in the House of Representatives hovered at number 93 on the amazon.com top 100-selling books list, and continued to maintain its number one spot in the non-fiction government and economic policy genres.    » read more »

November 2, 2007 -- CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA—Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul rallied today with over 700 students at Clemson University. The rally took place from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Strom Thurmond Institute Building on the university’s campus, and was hosted by the Clemson chapter of Students for Ron Paul.

Congressman Paul will hold another South Carolina campaign rally tonight in the capital, Columbia. Hundreds of Columbia-area supporters are expected to turn out to meet the rising GOP presidential contender at 7:00 pm in West Columbia, at 121 Alexander Street.    » read more »

November 2, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA—Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul continued his trend of straw poll victories in Springfield, Missouri on Thursday evening. The Texas congressman placed first in the Springfield Metropolitan Republican Club straw poll, in the conservative Ozarks region. He earned more than 77 percent of the vote, polling higher than all his opponents combined.

Mike Huckabee placed second with 10 percent. 110 Republican Club members participated in the poll.    » read more »

November 1, 2007 -- ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA—Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul today issued the following statement.

“Together with my wife Carol and our family, I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the families and loved ones of the seven University of South Carolina and Clemson University students who lost their lives this weekend in Ocean Isle Beach.    » read more »