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Paul endorsed his son, Senator Rand Paul, in the 2016 Republican primary and campaigned for him in Iowa. [236] After his son dropped out, Paul had said that no Republican or Democratic candidate even came close to holding libertarian views. [ 237 ]
Paul with his family on the Capitol steps Paul and his father Ron Paul at an event hosted in their honor at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. Paul is married to Kelley Paul (née Ashby), a freelance writer.
- He Is A Libertarian Icon
- He Ran For President 3 Times
- He Founded His Own Foreign Policy Institute
- His Net Worth Is Estimated to Be at Least $2.5 Million
During his political career, Ron became a poster boy for a very specific brand of libertarianism. He believes in limited government and a non-interventionist foreign policy, and bases many of his positions on constitutional rights. In 2008, his campaign claimed that “Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authoriz...
Paul ran for President on three separate occasions. In 1987, he resigned the Republican Party and joined the Libertarian Party, launching his first bid for the presidency in the 1988 election. A heated race between Republican George H.W. Bush and Democrat Michael Dukakis left no room for Paul, who barely made a scratch in the polls. In 2008, Paul r...
In 2013, Paul founded a foreign policy institute known as The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. The institute “will fill the growing demand for information on foreign affairs from a non-interventionist perspective,” according to a press release. The release continues:
During his campaign in the 2012 Presidential election, Fox Business estimated that Paul’s net worth was somewhere between $2.25 million – $5 million. Celebrity Net Worthhas his net worth at $4.9 million. In 2011, Forbes called Paul a “master investor.” The publication broke down his stock investments:
- John Saavedra
Sep 25, 2020 · Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, the father of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, said he's doing fine Friday after he suffered an apparent medical emergency that afternoon while he was speaking in a...
- Chief Political Reporter
His father Ron Paul, also a physician, gained notoriety in the late-1980s as a presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party, but there are signs the younger Paul is moving more mainstream...
Apr 8, 2015 · Ron Paul laid the groundwork for his son's political rise. But Rand is making it very clear — this is not his father's campaign.
Dec 1, 2015 · Rand Paul campaigned with his father in Iowa ahead of the 2012 caucuses, where Ron Paul finished a strong third. His son has struggled to hold on to his father's supporters.
