Ron Paul takes presidential campaign through PA.
Investigators scour the site of an illegal cockfighting operation Thursday, April 19, 2012, near Edcouch, Texas. A masked gunmen opened fire during an illegal cockfight at a rural ranch near the border with Mexico early Thursday, leaving three people dead and eight wounded, authorities said. (AP Photo/Chris Sherman)
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the closed National Gypsum drywall factory in Lorain, Ohio, Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will take a campaign swing through Pennsylvania in the days before Tuesday’s primary election.
Paul will appear Friday evening at a town hall-style event on the University of Pittsburgh campus and hold a Sunday afternoon campaign rally in Philadelphia on the lawn at the Independence Mall visitors’ center.
The Texas congressman is lagging former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the race to capture the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination at the Republican National Convention in August.
Romney is also expected to make campaign stops in Pennsylvania before Tuesday’s primary, including on Sunday evening at a Franklin County Republican Party event. Pennsylvania shares the primary date with Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Delaware.