The caucus is set up so Paul could be on the ballot for both President and U.S. Senate without violating a state law that bans anyone from being on a ballot twice in the same election. Paul even donated $250,000 to pay for the caucus himself.
Organizers say they are going ahead with the caucus, and the earlier date has a lot of advantages for the Kentucky Republican party.
"We're looking forward to having visits from Presidential candidates between now and March 5, and having a lot more campaign activity for President than Kentucky voters are used to," said Mike Biagi, Executive Director, Republican Party of Kentucky.
Brad Clapp with the Republican Party told the Greg Dunker Show that the caucus was approved overwhelmingly in August by the
Republican State Central Committee, so it will go on as scheduled.
"We have eleven candidates that did file to be on our ballot - Ted Cruz, Rubio, Casick, Trump, Paul, Bush, Carson, Huckabee, Fiorina, Santorum, Christie, and then last but not least, uncommitted will be on there. So the process will move forward no matter what," Clapp said.
The Republican party website says any candidate that gets at least 5 percent of the vote in the caucus will receive a proportional number of the 46 delegates that Kentucky will send to the convention in Cleveland. That event is set for July 18-21.
You can find your voting location for the caucus, set for Saturday, March 5 at the link below.
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