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Rand Paul
Official portrait, 2022
United States Senator from Kentucky
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011
Serving with Mitch McConnell
Preceded by
Jim Bunning
Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Rob Portman
Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee
In office February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Ben Cardin
Succeeded by
Joni Ernst
Personal details
Born
Randal Howard Paul
(1963-01-07) January 7, 1963 (age 61) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Kelley Ashby
(m. 1990)
Children
3
Relatives
Ron Paul (father)
Education
Baylor University Duke University (MD)
Signature
Website
Senate website
Rand Paul's voice
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Political positions
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Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Kentucky since 2011.[1] A member of the Republican Party, he is a son of former three-time presidential candidate and 12-term U.S. representative from Texas, Ron Paul. Paul describes himself as a constitutional conservative and supporter of the Tea Party movement. He has also described himself as libertarian-leaning like his father Ron Paul.[2][3]
Paul attended Baylor University and is a graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine. Paul was a practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Kentucky, from 1993 until his election to the Senate in 2010. He was re-elected to a second term in 2016, and won a third term in 2022.[4]
Paul was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He ended his campaign in February 2016 after finishing in fifth place during the Iowa caucuses. While he initially opposed Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican primaries, he supported him following his nomination and became one of his top defenders in the U.S. Senate during his first impeachment trial,[5] though on key votes Paul aligned with Trump the third least among Republican senators during Trump's presidency.[6]
^The senior US Senator from Kentucky is Mitch McConnell, see also List of current United States senators.
^"Like Father, Like Son? Not Exactly When It Comes To Rand And Ron Paul : It's All Politics : NPR". NPR. April 15, 2023. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^"Sen. Rand Paul talks CPAC straw poll victory, looks ahead to 2016 | Interviews | Hannity". Fox News. April 1, 2013. Archived from the original on April 1, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^Dean, Kelly (January 4, 2022). "Sen. Rand Paul announces he has filed for re-election". WBKO.
^Watkins, Morgan (January 31, 2020). "How Rand Paul went from calling Donald Trump an 'orange windbag' to being a devout disciple". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
^"Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump". FiveThirtyEight. January 13, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
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