| Rand Paul for President | |
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| Campaign | U.S. presidential election, 2016 |
| Candidate | Rand Paul U.S. Senator from Kentucky (2011–present) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party |
| Status | Announced: April 7, 2015 Suspended: February 3, 2016 |
| Key people | Chip Englander (Manager) Bryan Reed (Deputy Manager) Doug Wead (Senior Advisor) Mark Spitznagel (Economic Advisor) |
| Receipts | US$11,519,438 (2015-12-31[1]) |
| Slogan | Defeat the Washington machine. Unleash the American dream. |
| Chant | Stand with Rand! |
| Website | |
| www.randpaul.com (archived - December 31, 2015) | |
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The 2016 presidential campaign of Rand Paul, the junior United States senator from Kentucky, was announced on April 7, 2015, at an event at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky. First elected to the U.S. Senate in the 2010 election, Paul's candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2016 had been widely speculated since early 2013.[2]
Leading up to his formal announcement, Paul delivered several high-profile speeches, which included filibustering the nomination of CIA Director John Brennan, speeches at Berkeley and Howard University, and meeting with community leaders in Ferguson, Missouri and Detroit, Michigan, with Paul stating that the meetings and speeches help reach his goal of broadening the Republican Party's appeal with non-traditional constituencies.
Paul suspended his campaign on February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Candidate (P40003576) Summary Reports – 2016 Cycle". Federal Election Commission. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
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