Rand Paul rally at Doubletree next week

Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul will stop in Spokane during a Northwest campaign swing next week.

Paul, a Kentucky senator, is holding a “Stand with Rand” rally at the Doubletree Hotel at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 26. He’s got a rally in Seattle that morning and another at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene at 6:30 p.m.

The announcement of the rallies note his new book, “Taking a Stand” will be for sale and he’ll be available to sign them.

Paul’s father, former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, campaigned for president in Spokane in  2008 and 2012, drawing supporters to the precinct caucuses and picking up some presidential delegates but ultimately losing to John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012.