Ron Paul for president.

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (born August 20, 1935) is a United States Congressman (Republican Party) and repeat candidate for President of the United States, having ran in 1988, 2008, and 2012. In the 1988 run, he was the nominee of the Libertarian Party during a 12-year hiatus between periods of service as a Republican congressman. In 2008 and 2012, he contended for the Republican Party presidential nomination. He has been an outspoken critic of American foreign and monetary policies, renowned for sharply opposing his own party on many issues. Since 1979, he has been elected to 10 terms in the House of Representatives, with an interruption of 12 years. In addition, he filled a vacated seat for most of 1976. Since 1997, Paul has represented Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes Galveston. Paul serves on the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Financial Services, and on the Joint Economic Committee. He is the chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paul is a graduate of Gettysburg College and Duke University School of Medicine, where he earned his medical degree. He served as a medical officer in the United States Air Force from 1963 until 1968. He worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist during the 1960s and 1970s, delivering more than 4,000 babies, before entering politics in 1976.

Following his 2008 run for the Republican Party presidential nomination, Paul became the initiator of the advocacy group Campaign for Liberty and his ideas have been expressed in numerous published articles and books, including Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom (2011), End The Fed (2009), The Revolution: A Manifesto (2008), Pillars of Prosperity (2008), A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship (2007), and The Case for Gold (1982). He became the first Representative in history to serve concurrently with a child in the Senate when his son Rand Paul was elected to the United States Senate for Kentucky in 2010. Paul has been characterized as the "intellectual godfather" of the Tea Party movement. He has become well known for his libertarian ideas on many political issues, often differing from both Republican and Democratic Party stances.

On July 12, 2011, Paul announced that he would forego seeking another term in Congress in order to focus on his presidential bid.