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Ron Paul son Robert considering Senate run

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Friday, April 15, 2011 at 11:17 am

Robert Paul, son of Ron and brother of Rand, has joined at least seven other people who have said they intend to run for the U.S. Senate seat that will open up in Texas when Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) steps down at the end of her current term.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Paul hasn’t made an official decision or begun fundraising, but he is strongly considering mounting a campaign.

Paul tells the Star-Telegram:

“I have thought about running…I am very happy as a physician, but (I) have a lot of concern about the debt.”

If he enters the race, Paul would have to play catch-up with some of the people who have made their candidacies official. Former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz, former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and former Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams have all raised more than a million dollars since announcing their campaigns. The Pauls, however, have little trouble fundraising — despite less-than-expected returns on some occasions — and with the public support of his father and brother, Robert would likely be able to scrounge up a few million for his campaign in short order.

His homespun,  Jeff Foxworthyesque delivery has received some attention from Ron Paul supporters advocating a Paul family takeover of Congress and who have suggested in the past that he could run for Hutchison’s soon-to-be vacated seat. However, this is the first time Robert Paul himself has talked about running.

Robert is arguably one of the less likely political candidates among Ron Paul’s five children. Paul’s third son, Ronnie, is the director of his father’s Campaign for Liberty, a non-profit focused on libertarian economic policy, with a particular focus on overhauling the Federal Reserve. His daughter Lori Paul Pyeatt is the treasurer of Liberty PAC, the fundraising arm of Ron Paul’s campaigns. His other daughter, Joy Paul LeBlanc, like Robert, is a Texas doctor who has campaigned for her father but never served in an official capacity in a political organization.

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Comments

12 Comments

txpolitics
Comment posted April 15, 2011 @ 3:39 pm

Ronnie is not Paul’s third son. He is the first and oldest…

Anonymous
Comment posted April 15, 2011 @ 4:03 pm

That’s awesome! Ron Paul for President 2012 & Robert Paul for Senate 2012
Supporters always wish we can clone Ron Paul.

Anonymous
Comment posted April 15, 2011 @ 4:39 pm

I’m all for it! Hell lets get all the Pauls in office.

bob hovic
Comment posted April 16, 2011 @ 4:06 pm

And all of his qualifications for office are summarized in the headline of the story.

It’s funny to see libertarians promoting dynasties.

Conservadiva
Comment posted April 16, 2011 @ 5:07 pm

At least the Pauls were all born in the USA…unlike our fearless leader of all 57 states!

Stupid Birthers
Comment posted April 16, 2011 @ 5:32 pm

Link got stripped out the first time

Debunking the birther claim

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/15/debunking-the-birther-claim/

Stupid Birthers
Comment posted April 16, 2011 @ 5:32 pm

Link got stripped out the first time

Debunking the birther claim

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/15/debunking-the-birther-claim/

Christopher Marriott
Comment posted April 18, 2011 @ 9:39 pm

None of his qualifications to run for Senate are in the headline:

thirty years of age.
us citizen for at least 9 years.
inhabitant of the state to which he is elected.

And where have you seen libertarians promote dynasties? A dynasty is successive rulers of the same family, not several members of the same family running for different offices. The Bushes were more of a dynasty…

Chedian
Comment posted April 18, 2011 @ 10:22 pm

Probably got him confused with Rand, who is, after all, by far the most well-known now.

Anonymous
Comment posted April 21, 2011 @ 10:38 am

A medical doctor with his own practice, which makes him a business owner as well, who worked and stumped for a recent presidential campaign and has two immediate family members in Congress, grew up helping his father’s campaigns for House and brother’s for Senate last year — what makes him any less qualified than Wisconsin’s Senator Johnson, Minnesota’s Senator Al Franken, Hillary Clinton when she first ran for Senate in 2000 or Mike Lee in Utah?

If I were him, I would talk about running for Senate to get name recognition and build support but then decide instead on a House race later this year when the districts are finalized. In the Fort Worth area, Kay Granger is the most likely in need of being retired from Congress by a real Republican.

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