Republican presidential contender Rand Paul plans rallies in Seattle and Spokane next week — the latest in a string of 2016 candidate forays to the area.

UPDATE: The Rand Paul campaign says the Seattle event has been moved to Town Hall Seattle on First Hill.

Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul plans to speak at campaign events in Seattle and Spokane next week.

The Kentucky senator is scheduled to hold a Seattle campaign rally at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 26 at The Landing at Northcut, a banquet hall in Northeast Seattle. He’ll then head to a 2:30 p.m. rally at Spokane’s Doubletree Hotel.

Tickets for the free Seattle event were being advertised on Eventbrite, an online-ticket service.

The Paul campaign announced the local stops as part of a five-state western tour. He’ll start in Alaska on Tuesday before heading to the Washington state events and then continuing on to Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.

Throughout the tour, Paul “will continue to discuss the importance of protecting the entire Bill of Rights, and being boldly for conservative ideals that limit the powers of the Washington Machine,” his campaign said in a news release.

Paul is following in the footsteps of his father, former Texas congressman Ron Paul, who twice ran for president — and who stirred a lively volunteer presence in Washington state. He placed second in Washington’s 2012 GOP caucuses.

Paul’s visit is the latest in a string of presidential candidate forays to the Seattle area. Democrat Bernie Sanders drew big crowds to two recent rallies, though one was disrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters.

Republican Ted Cruz was expected for a private fundraiser Tuesday evening. Republicans Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton also passed through in recent events accessible only to high-roller donors.