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Here’s a look at the life of US senator from Kentucky.
Birth date: January 7, 1963
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Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Birth name: Randal Howard Paul
Father: , former presidential candidate and retired US representative from Texas
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Mother: Carol (Wells) Paul
Marriage: Kelley (Ashby) Paul
Children: Robert, Duncan and William
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Education: Attended Baylor University, 1981-1984; Duke University School of Medicine, M.D., 1988
Religion: Christian
Practiced as an ophthalmologist for 18 years.
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Former president and longtime member of the Lions Club International.
Was active in the congressional and presidential campaigns of his father, Ron Paul.
1993 – Completes his ophthalmology residency at Duke University Medical Center.
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1994 – Founds grassroots organization Kentucky Taxpayers United, which monitors state taxation and spending. It is legally dissolved in 2000.
1995 – Founds the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic, a non-profit providing eye exams and surgeries to those in need.
August 5, 2009 – Announces on Fox Today that he is running as a Republican for the US Senate to represent Kentucky.
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May 18, 2010 –
May 19, 2010 – In interviews with NPR and MSNBC, while answering questions about the , Paul expresses strong abhorrence for racism, but . Paul later releases a statement saying that he supports the Civil Rights Act and would not support its repeal.
November 2, 2010 – Paul is elected to the Senate, defeating Jack Conway.
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January 5, 2011 – Sworn in for the 112th Congress. It is the first time a son joins the Senate while his father concurrently serves in the House. Ron Paul retires from the House in 2013.
January 27, 2011 – Participates in the inaugural meeting of the Senate Tea Party Caucus with Senators Mike Lee and Jim DeMint.
February 22, 2011 – Paul’s book “The Tea Party Goes to Washington” is published.
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September 11, 2012 – Paul’s book “Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds” is published. in some of his speeches and writings, including in “Government Bullies.”
February 12, 2013 – to State of the Union address.
March 6-7, 2013 – filibustering to stall a confirmation vote on
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February 12, 2014 – Paul and the conservative group FreedomWorks file a class-action lawsuit against Obama and top national security officials over the government’s electronic surveillance program made public by intelligence leaker The lawsuit is later dismissed.
December 2, 2014 –
April 7, 2015 – during an event in Louisville, Kentucky.
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May 20, 2015 – After 10 hours and 30 minutes, Paul’s speech wasn’t technically a filibuster because of intricate Senate rules, but his office insists it was a filibuster.
August 5, 2015 – The Justice Department from a Rand Paul Super PAC for conspiracy and falsifying campaign records. During the 2012 presidential primary season, Jesse Benton and John Tate allegedly bribed an Iowa state senator to get him to endorse Ron Paul. Benton and Tate go on to help run one of the Super PACs supporting Rand Paul, America’s Liberty PAC.
February 3, 2016 – Announces that he is
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November 8, 2016 – Wins a second term in the Senate, defeating Democrat Jim Gray.
November 3, 2017 – at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which results in The attorney representing Paul’s neighbor, Rene Boucher, later says that the with a year of supervised release.
August 2018 – , extending an invitation to visit the United States. While abroad, Paul tweets that he delivered a letter to from . A White House spokesman later says that . After he returns, on members of the Russian legislature so they can come to Washington for meetings with their American counterparts.
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January 29, 2019 – in his lawsuit against the neighbor who attacked him in 2017. The amount includes punitive damages and payment for pain and suffering as well as medical damages.
August 5, 2019 – Paul says part of his lung had to be
March 22, 2020 – , becoming the first US senator to test positive for coronavirus.
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August 10, 2021 – over a video claiming that masks are ineffective in fighting Covid-19, according to a YouTube spokesperson.
November 8, 2022 – to the Senate for a third term.
October 10, 2023 – Paul’s book “Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up” is published.
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