Rand Paul

E45027

Rand Paul is a U.S. Senator from Kentucky and a prominent libertarian-leaning Republican known for his advocacy of limited government and civil liberties.

Aliases (1)

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator
human
physician
politician
birthDate 1963-01-07
birthPlace Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
candidacyEndDate 2016-02-03
candidacyStartDate 2015-04-07
chamber United States Senate
committeeMembership Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Baylor University
Duke University School of Medicine
election 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
familyName Paul
father Ron Paul
fullName Randal Howard Paul
givenName Randal
hasResidence Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
ideology conservatism
libertarianism
knownFor filibuster against John Brennan CIA nomination in 2013
medicalSpecialty ophthalmology
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
notableFor advocacy of civil liberties
advocacy of limited government
opposition to mass surveillance
support for criminal justice reform
numberOfChildren 3
occupation ophthalmologist
politician
politicalPosition fiscal conservatism
non-interventionist foreign policy
opposition to the PATRIOT Act
skepticism of government regulation
support for gun rights
support for lower taxes
support for term limits
positionHeld United States senator from Kentucky
ranForOffice President of the United States
religion Christianity
represents Kentucky
sponsored USA FREEDOM Act (various versions, surveillance reform)
spouse Kelley Paul
startTime 2011-01-03
succeeded Jim Bunning

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Rand Paul ("Randal Howard Paul")
fullName
Duke University
hasAlumni

Please wait…