page_title: Draft Ron Paul movement
section_title: Interelection efforts
hierarchical_section_title: Draft Ron Paul movement / 2012 elections / Interelection efforts
caption_attribution_description: Ron Paul's Rally for the Republic.
context_page_description: The Draft Ron Paul movement refers to any of several grassroots efforts to convince United States Congressman Ron Paul of Texas to run for particular office, often president of the United States, as in the 2008 and 2012 elections.
context_section_description: Since his run for president in 2008, Paul has become the subject of a significant political following among voters.
  In September 2008, Paul also hosted and participated in an event in Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minnesota that coincided with the nearby 2008 Republican National Convention, titled the Rally for the Republic, to protest the Republican convention's refusal to let Paul speak. The rally drew over 10,000 of his presidential campaign supporters, and hosted several speakers, including former Governors Jesse Ventura and Gary Johnson, political commentator Tucker Carlson, Barry Goldwater, Jr., and music artist Aimee Allen.
caption: The Rally for the Republic, held on September 2, 2008.
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