Rand Paul 2016 presidential campaign

Rand Paul for President
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

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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.