ST. CHARLES • Presidential candidate Ron Paul will speak at Lindenwood University on March 10 - a week before most Missouri counties hold their Republican delegate selection caucuses.

The university announced that the event will be at 3 p.m. at Hyland Arena on the campus.

The Texas Congressman finished third in the nonbinding state GOP primary on Feb. 7, winning about 12 percent of the vote. He trailed the winner, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who got 55 percent, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who got 25 percent.

But the state's 52 delegates to the GOP National Convention in Tampa will be chosen in a process that begins at caucuses next month. Those will be held in most counties - including St. Charles and St. Louis counties - on March 17.

The most notable exceptions are St. Louis city and Jackson County (which includes Kansas City), which have scheduled their caucuses for March 24.

Santorum also will be in Missouri on March 10, speaking in Cape Girardeau.

Santorum spoke before the primary at St. Charles Community College in Cottleville and held his election night rally at St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles.

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