Rand Paul | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| United States Senator from Kentucky | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2011 Serving with Mitch McConnell | |
| Preceded by | Jim Bunning |
| Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee | |
| 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 January 7, 1963 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Ron Paul (father) |
| Education | Baylor University Duke University (MD) |
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| Website | Senate website |
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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. A member of the Republican Party, he has described himself as a constitutional conservative and a supporter of the Tea Party movement. His libertarian views have been compared to those of his father, three-time presidential candidate and 12-term U.S. representative from Texas, Ron Paul.[1][2]
Paul attended Baylor University and is a graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine. He was a practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Kentucky, from 1993 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He was re-elected to a second term in 2016 and won a third term in 2022.
Paul was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. While he initially opposed Donald Trump during that year's Republican primaries, he supported him following his nomination and became one of his top defenders in the Senate during his first impeachment trial,[3] though on key votes he aligned with Trump the third least among Republican senators during his first presidency.[4]
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.