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ASHLAND, Va. (AP) Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky headlined a rally Wednesday for Senate candidate Ed Gillespie and House candidate Dave Brat.

Paul, who has been weighing a potential 2016 presidential bid and campaigning for other Republican candidates across the country, told supporters at a small auditorium in Ashland that Gillespie and Brat would help repeal the Affordable Care Act and rein in federal spending.

Gillespie is the former chairman of the Republican National Committee and is considered an underdog in his bid to unseat Democrat Mark Warner in the senate election.

Brat became an overnight political sensation when he defeated former U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the GOP primary in June. He faces Democrat Jack Trammell in next month's general election.

WARNER'S RECORD

Gillespie and Paul focused on Warner's record in the Senate and argued that Warner is not the moderate candidate he portrays himself to be.

"I hate to tell you Virginia, but you've been tricked," Paul said, noting Warner's past support for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "You've been hoodwinked."

Gillespie revisited a familiar attack that Warner is a rubber stamp for President Barack Obama's policies.

"Mark Warner has pretty much voted for every single one of" Obama's policies, Gillespie said. "And it's time for a change."

A spokesman for Warner's campaign said that Gillespie showed by campaigning with Paul that he would "add to the gridlock in Congress."

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