LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ) - The GOP presidential candidate needing to make up some ground in the delegate count made several stops in northeast Wisconsin the day before the Badger State's primary election.

Rick Santorum began Monday campaigning in Shawano at The Gathering with a "Rally for Rick" event.

From there he made a stop at Simon's Specialty Cheese in Little Chute and then bowled at Sabre Lanes in Menasha.

The former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania focused his efforts on more blue-collar counties of the state in order to boost his chances of knocking off front-runner Mitt Romney.

Oshkosh and Ripon are the final afternoon stops for the candidate before flying to his home state where he will watch the primary election results on Tuesday night.