The file

Rand Paul

Republican · U.S. Senator, Kentucky · Kentucky · Spectrum score +62

Senate · Liberty ·

Rand Paul is U.S. Senator, Kentucky in Kentucky. Political positions and ideology score +62 (Far right). Paul is the Senate’s licensed libertarian.

College: Baylor University (attended) · Duke University School of Medicine, M.D. 1988
Spouse: Kelley Paul (m. 1990)
Children: Three
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Kentucky · 2011–
Ophthalmologist · Private practice, Bowling Green · 1993–2011

Net worth: $3.4M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $1.5M
2026 raised: $6.0M
Years in office: 15

Where Rand stands on the spectrum

Rand Paul scores +62 on Spectrum’s left–right line (far right), right of center on the economy and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +62 · Far right · economic +74 · social +24 · authoritarian -14

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Paul is the Senate’s licensed libertarian. The file is a doctor who kept the practice, a family brand that predates MAGA, and a hold strategy that is also a merch drop. Kentucky’s other senator is McConnell. That is the whole show.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$3.4M

+127% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$1.5M

Now$3.4M

Ophthalmology practice plus the Paul brand. He can afford to vote no.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $6.0M
Cash on hand: $2.8M

Top industries

Health
Libertarian PACs
Small-dollar

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Ophthalmology practice plus funds. He can afford to vote no.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$250K–$1.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$75K–$300K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$250K–$1.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$75K–$300K

Sum of ranges $325K–$1.3M · midpoint $813K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

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Conflicts

Medical practice income while legislating on health agencies.
Holds on Pentagon and aid bills as a fundraising calendar.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +74
Social: +24
Authoritarian: -14
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending+84
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+68
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+54
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+88
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+72
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+26
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion+24
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
Guns+92
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+6
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+46
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances-20
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-48
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): 0.88

Compass

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Sources

DW-NOMINATE ~0.88
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.