Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul will head back to Iowa.

The Kentucky senator will be in first-in-the-nation caucus state on Friday and Saturday.

He will appear at the Presidential Family Forum in Des Moines, which is hosted by the Family Leader, a Christian conservative advocacy group. He will then travel to eastern Iowa to meet with Davenport voters and also tailgate at the Iowa-Purdue game.

According to the Nov. 6 CNN/ORC poll, only 2 percent of Republican likely caucus-goers said Paul would be their first choice, down 3 percentage points from August. Business mogul Donald Trump led the poll with 25 percent, and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson snared 23 percent.

With 548 Republican likely caucus-goers surveyed, there is a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Presidential Family Forum

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Where: Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center, 833 Fifth Ave., Des Moines

Meeting with Davenport voters

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Where: Victory Enterprises, 5200 30th St. S.W., Davenport

Stand with Rand Tailgate

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Where: Kinnick Stadium parking spots 317 and 318 in Lot 43

— by Rebecca Morin