BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was in the Queen City Friday morning.
The Texas congressman is making a six-stop tour in Maine talking to voters at a series of town hall style meetings. Hundreds of his supporters packed the Brick Church off of Union Street in Bangor.
Rep. Paul left the state of Florida before its big primary is to be held next Tuesday. He told reporters outside of the church that he wanted to come to Maine to start working on winning delegates in the Pine Tree state. More than 20 of them will be up for grabs when the state holds its week long caucuses in early February.
"I think I have a very good chance of picking up delegates in Maine," he said, "Where the circumstances were in Florida it's winner take all...it's a big state and you need to be a multi millionaire in order to self finance. And I have to go where the activity is...where the chances are and where you have a lot of supporters."
Paul addressed a crowd at the church and stated his positions on the economy, government spending, foreign policy and other issues. Among his goals are to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget during his first year in office should he win the presidency.
The congressman did not take questions from the crowd. He was scheduled to appear in Waterville Friday afternoon before speaking in Lewiston Friday night. Paul will be making stops in Gorham, Freeport and Alfred on Saturday.
According to their websites, no other presidential candidates have stops scheduled in Maine at this point.
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