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CONCORD (AP) In his third trip to New Hampshire this year, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Thursday continued building a network of support with a heavy focus on young voters for a possible 2016 presidential run.

Paul spoke to mostly high school and college students in Concord about the need to elect Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate and addressed a packed auditorium at Plymouth State University. As Paul travels the country this year he has been to 32 states he is working to expand the Republican Partys base to include young people and minorities, constituencies that Republicans have had trouble attracting. ... Subscribe or log in to read more

CONCORD (AP) In his third trip to New Hampshire this year, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Thursday continued building a network of support with a heavy focus on young voters for a possible 2016 presidential run.

Paul spoke to mostly high school and college students in Concord about the need to elect Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate and addressed a packed auditorium at Plymouth State University. As Paul travels the country this year he has been to 32 states he is working to expand the Republican Partys base to include young people and minorities, constituencies that Republicans have had trouble attracting.

With its first-in-the-nation presidential primary, candidates like Paul who may seek their partys nomination know its critical to do plenty of face-to-face campaigning.

I think the neat thing about New Hampshire is that its a small enough state that people not only want but seek out personal interaction with the candidate, Paul said during a stop at the New Hampshire Republican Party headquarters in Concord. So when I call people on the phone here at the headquarters, I think people arent that shocked.

Although he says he will decide whether to run for president in the spring, Paul already is building a ground game in New Hampshire to help spread that message and attract early supporters. In July, Paul hired veteran New Hampshire strategist Mike Biundo to run his PACs efforts here. Biundo managed Rick Santorums 2012 campaign for president and says he and his team are starting to build a statewide, grassroots network of Paul supporters. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is the only other possible 2016 candidate with a staffer in New Hampshire, Republican lobbyist Mike Dennehy.

As Paul tries to carve out a national profile, he is continuously linked to his father, Ron Paul. A Dartmouth College student told Paul that he began following Ron Paul in seventh grade. In New Hampshire, the shadow of his father could help Paul Ron Paul took second in the 2012 New Hampshire primary, largely by engaging the grassroots supporters Biundo and his team are now trying to tap into. There is a risk, though: Some of Ron Pauls libertarian viewpoints have alienated voters.

I think people are starting to understand both similarities and differences. And, you know, Im proud of my dad, Paul said. How many kids in 7th grade are eager to follow a candidate?

Widening the partys base, Paul says, also means reaching out to minority voters and allowing for differences of opinion on social issues. Paul has talked to minority communities about the need to reform prison and drug laws and spoke out against the militarization of police.

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MANCHESTER, N.H. Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said the government isnt taking Ebola as seriously as it should be while stumping today in New Hampshire for Scott Brown.

Paul addressed supporters at Browns campaign headquarters in Manchester, saying he was lending his support to the former Bay State senator in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen so Republicans can secure a majority in the Senate.

He faulted the Obama administration for its handling of Ebola fears.

I think claiming that we know everything about it or claiming that its not very transmissible is a mistake, Paul told the Herald. The government was telling us, Oh it takes direct bodily fluid contact. Well, they then say that direct contact is standing 3 feet from someone. Most people dont think that thats direct contact.

Brentwood, N.H., resident Lois Deyoung, 68, who attended the event, agrees.

I have a serious fear about it, Deyoung said. This Ebola one frightens me because the presidents not willing to shut down the borders.

Rand wouldnt go as far as shutting down the borders, but he said they do need to be more secure. He said the administration should consider halting flights to and from West Africa.

I think that theyve been so concerned about not hurting anybodys feelings that they really havent treated this as seriously as they could, Paul said. We could still give humanitarian aid, stuff going over there but I think if youre coming here to visit your cousin, your aunt, your uncle, it could wait a couple months, and it could be less likely then.

But Harvard Global Health Institute Director Ashish Jha said thats unrealistic.

I think its a good idea until you really think about it, Jha said. People going to Liberia with American ties, theyll go through a third country. Theyll lie, and theyll come back in with Ebola, and well have no idea.

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Sen. Rand Paul tells POLITICO that the Republican presidential candidate in 2016 could capture one-third or more of the African-American vote by pushing criminal-justice reform, school choice and economic empowerment.

If Republicans have a clue and do this and go out and ask every African-American for their vote, I think we can transform an election in one cycle, the Kentucky Republican said in a phone interview Thursday as he was driven through New Hampshire in a rental car.

Paul on the cover of the new issue of Time as The Most Interesting Man in Politics met with black leaders in Ferguson, Missouri, last week; opened a GOP engagement office in an African-American area of Louisville in June; and spoke the next month to a National Urban League convention in Cincinnati.

(Also on POLITICO: Rand Paul meets with black leaders in Ferguson)

That doesnt mean that we get to a majority of African-American votes in one cycle, Paul continued, speaking between campaign stops in Plymouth and Salem. But I think there is fully a third of the African-American vote that is open to much of the message, because much of what the Democrats has offered hasnt worked.

Exit polls showed the GOPs share of the African-American vote in the past six presidential elections ranged from 4 percent for John McCain in 2008 to 12 percent for Bob Dole in 1996, according to the Roper Center. Mitt Romney got 6 percent in 2012.

When pressed on his ambitious goal, Paul upped the ante: I dont want to limit it to that. I dont want to say theres only a third open. The reason I use the number a third, is that when you do surveys of African-American voters, a third of them are conservative on a preponderance of the issues. So, there is upside potential.

As I travel and I go and meet with African-American leaders they may not be ready to embrace a Republican yet, Paul added. But they say that theyre very happy that were competing for their vote. And they often tell me, You know what? I havent seen my Democrat representative in a while.

(VIDEO: CDC chief: 'Porous' borders in Africa would undermine travel ban)

Paul said that if Republicans win the Senate majority next month and his fellow Kentucky senator, Mitch McConnell, becomes majority leader, the Senate should quickly pass a flurry of bills to put Obama on the spot.

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks at the California GOP convention on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014, in Los Angeles. Paul has sought a broader audience this year as he has aggressively traveled the country ahead of a potential presidential bid in ... more >

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, says the 2016 Republican presidential nominee could capture one-third or more of the black vote by pushing the right issues.

If Republicans have a clue and do this and go out and ask every African-American for their vote, I think we can transform an election in one cycle, the likely 2016 contender told Politico.

Mr. Paul has made overtures to the African-American community by recently meeting with black leaders in Ferguson, Missouri, for example, and helping Republicans open up minority outreach offices in various cities.

The senator said he doesnt want to put a ceiling on a targeted percentage, but that by hitting on issues like school choice, criminal justice reform and the economy, there are voters out there who are at least open to being persuaded.

The reason I use the number a third, is that when you do surveys of African-American voters, a third of them are conservative on a preponderance of the issues. So, there is upside potential, Mr. Paul said. As I travel and I go and meet with African-American leaders they may not be ready to embrace a Republican yet. But they say that theyre very happy that were competing for their vote. And they often tell me, You know what? I havent seen my Democrat representative in a while.

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Chad Grimm is a 33-year-old health club manager running a long-shot campaign as the Libertarian candidate for governor of Illinois.

But his single-digit support could be the deciding factor.

The polling is very close, Christopher Mooney, the director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, Springfield told FoxNews.com. So somebody who is pulling 5, 6 percent, it looks like they could have a big impact.

No one is disputing the fact that Grimm is a -- very -- long-shot candidate. But he's pulling enough support to affect the standing of the front-runners.

Recent polls show the two major party candidates, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner, in a tight race. The Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Quinn recently taking a slight lead. The Rothenberg Political Report rates the race as a toss up/tilt Republican.

This has opened the door for Grimm to play spoiler. A recent Chicago Tribune Poll had him capturing 5 percent of the vote -- votes which the Tribune notes likely would have gone to Rauner had Grimm not been a contender. Another poll had him capturing 6 percent.

Grimm told FoxNews.com he is not looking to be a spoiler, hes looking to win. He said that after dabbling in everything from acting in Los Angeles to owning health clubs in Illinois, he has found his true passion in the Libertarian movement. He says he will work to eliminate the state income tax, end Illinois war on guns and bring common sense solutions to the states problems.

I wanted to give Illinois the chance to, for once, to vote for a politician that is not bought and paid for, he said.

But Grimms potential to be a spoiler captured the attention of Illinois Republicans, who launched a legal battle to get him removed from the ballot.

According to the Associated Press, attorneys for the state GOP argued that thousands of signatures that qualified Grimm for the ballot were invalid.

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