Rand Paul Eyes April 7 Presidential Campaign Launch
A source familiar with the senator's plans says he could declare himself a candidate in early April.
US Republican Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul addresses the 2015 Conservative Policy Summit at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on January 13, 2015.
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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is looking to announce his presidential bid the second week of April—if he decides to run—a person familiar with his plans said Tuesday.
The first-term Republican, who burst onto the political scene in the Tea Party election of 2010, is widely seen as a serious contender for his party's nomination in 2016. His libertarian views—on issues ranging from foreign aid to criminal sentencing rules to monetary policy—provide a contrast with some of the other top-tier contenders in the GOP.