Biography
On January 7, 1963 Randal Howard Paul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then moved to Rand and his family moved to San Antonio. Paul attended Baylor University and then he went to Duke University Medical School. After he received his medical degree, Paul then pursued a general surgery internship at the Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia. While there, he met Kelley Ashby, they dated for couple of years and in 1991 they got marries. In 1994, Paul became involved in political causes, he founded Kentucky Taxpayers United, a watchdog group tracking taxation and spending issues in the Kentucky state legislature until 2000. His inspiration to become involved in politics, is part due to his father Ron Paul. After the September 2008 American economic crisis, Rand became active in Kentucky politics. On December 16, 2009, Paul announced his intention to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate. On May 18, 2010, Paul won the primary in a resounding upset victory, defeating Grayson by 24 points. During his term in 2010, including reducing federal debt, cutting Social Security benefits and lifting restrictions to businesses created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. On April 7, 2015, the Kentucky senator announced on his website that he would be running for president in 2016.