Rand Paul — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011
Chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee
Candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
Graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine
Practiced as an ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Kentucky, from 1993 until 2010
Member of the Republican Party and supporter of the Tea Party movement
Describes himself as a constitutional conservative

Biography

Randal Howard Paul is an American politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he describes himself as a constitutional conservative and a supporter of the Tea Party movement. His libertarian views have been compared to those of his father, Ron Paul, a three-time presidential candidate and former U.S. representative from Texas.

Paul was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 and won a third term in 2022.