Meet Ron Paul Today in Concord

Mitt Romney has led the GOP pack from the get-go, but the race to see who will be his top challenger in the Granite State has changed almost weekly.

There was Michele Bachmann, then Rick Perry, Herman Cain, and, now, Newt Gingrich. Throughout, one candidate not named Romney has put up consistent poll numbers here: Ron Paul.

In two polls of New Hampshire voters released last week, Paul finished in  and third, respectively.

Is Paul emerging as the Romney alternative?

Come learn more about Paul today, when he appears at noon in our Primary Patch at The Draft series. The 60-minute conversation with Patch editors and the audience is free and open to the public. It is co-hosted by Andy and Laurie Sanborn, the owners of , located at 67 S. Main St., in Concord.

Today's Primary Patch at The Draft stop is just one of several campaign events Paul is holding in the state this week. He's also scheduled to hold a business meet and greet at Enviro-Tote in Bedford at 10 this morning, and a Small Business Coalition roll-out – also at The Draft – at 11 a.m. He held events in Keene and Windham yesterday.

Jon Huntsman is also holding a town hall meeting this morning in Manchester, after appearing at a We The People Town Hall in Nashua last night.

Paul, Huntsman, and most of the other major Republican candidates are then scheduled to participate in a CNN foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C., this evening.

Rick Santorum is the only other candidate scheduled to be in state this week, starting on Friday, but his full schedule has yet to be released.

The biggest candidate visit of the week, though, is later today. He's scheduled to appear at Manchester Central High School at 12:15 p.m. to promote his jobs bill.

The past week saw almost every major GOP candidate stop in New Hampshire. In addition to Paul and Huntsman, Romney made several stops, including two in Nashua where he picked up endorsements from and U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass.

Perry held meetings in Manchester and last Wednesday, an last Thursday, where he spoke about the sexual harassment allegations.

Gingrich made an appearance yesterday at Rivier College in Nashua, where he unveiled his alternative to Social Security.

Huntsman also held his 100th New Hampshire campaign event, .

Fred Karger held events in Concord on and Monday.

Gary Johnson was not in state last week, but made news here when it was made public that out of frustration with the national campaign.

For a full list of the candidates' New Hampshire stops this week, check out our .