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About Paul

Born: Aug. 20, 1935

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Current home: Lake Jackson, Texas

Education: Bachelor of Science, Gettysburg College, 1957. Doctor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 1961.

Current job: Physician, congressman, and author

Resume highlights: Ron Paul is a physician, author, and US representative who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th Congressional District.

He was born and raised in Pittsburgh. After his graduation, he served as a flight surgeon in the US Air Force during the 1960s.

He and his wife, Carol, moved to Texas in 1968, where he began his medical practice in Brazoria County. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies.

He and Carol, who reside in Lake Jackson, Texas, are parents of five children, including Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. Dr. Paul is the author of several books, including The Revolution: A Manifesto, End the Fed, Liberty Defined, Challenge to Liberty; The Case for Gold; and A Republic, If You Can Keep It.

Elective offices: US Representative since 1978.

Family: Wife, Carol Wells; children Ronald, Lori, Rand, Robert, and Joy.

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The Texas congressman is making his third run for the presidency, continuing to ride a small-but-steady wave of financial and political support from a hard-core group of libertarians. His unabashed straight talk – such as suggesting the United States invited the 9/11 terrorist attack with its foreign military actions – have won him supporters as well as ardent critics. Paul is spreading his attention across the country with an unclear endgame, especially since he has announced he will leave Congress as the end of his term in January 2013. His biggest challenge may be convincing voters beyond his base that he is a serious contender and not a vanity candidate.

— Written by Glen Johnson, Boston.com politics editor

Latest coverage of Ron Paul

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With Mitt Romney's GOP presidential nomination all but decided, Ron Paul supporters took control of the Maine Republican Convention and elected a majority slate supporting the Texas congressman to the GOP national convention, party officials said. The results gave the Texas congressman a late state victory. (Associated Press, 5/6/12)

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With Ron Paul forces at the reins, the Maine Republican Convention elected nearly all of the slate supporting the Texas congressman at the GOP national convention during a chaotic, two-day state convention that ended Sunday. (Associated Press, 5/6/12)

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Ron Paul's presidential campaign did not return repeated Army inquiries seeking information about the political activities of a reservist who endorsed Paul in uniform at an Iowa rally, according to Army documents released Tuesday. (Associated Press, 5/1/12)

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A physician known for his work to improve health care in countries including Haiti is delivering a lecture this week at Yale Divinity School. (AP, 4/21/12)

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