Latest Hurdle to Struggling Rand Paul Campaign is Back Home in Kentucky
For the libertarian who hoped to remake the Republican Party, it's been a summer of discontent.
U.S. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky and presidential candidate, listens during a campaign stop in Atkins, Iowa, U.S., on Saturday, April 25, 2015.
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As they run for the highest office in the land, presidential candidates still have to negotiate home-state politics.
For Senator Rand Paul, that humbling truth is making itself felt this weekend, as the man who wants to be the leader of the free world finds part of his political fate resting in the hands of Kentucky Republicans. About 350 state party committee members will vote Saturday on whether to authorize a party-financed presidential caucus to pick delegates to the national convention, or stick with a government-paid-for primary.