(VOVworld) – Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky officially declared himself a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday.

Rand Paul (R) and his wife Kelley onstage in Louisville to announce his presidential campaign. (Photo: AP)

He said that he was running for president to return the US to the principles of liberty and limited government. He left his door open to a second term in the Senate.
Rand Paul, 52, has been serving as a Senator from Kentucky since 2011. He is the 2^nd member of the Republican Party to declare his candidacy after Texas Senator Ted Cruz.