Kelley Ashby Paul was born on September 3,1963 and is an American political consultant and freelance writer.
18 Facts About Kelley Paul
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Kelley Paul has worked as a consultant for The Strategy Group for Media, and she published a book titled True and Constant Friends in April 2015.
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Kelley Paul's husband is ophthalmologist and US Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky.
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Kelley Paul is actively engaged in fundraising for veterans charities, in addition to her work for a political consulting firm.
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Kelley Paul has described her grandmother, an Irish immigrant who traveled the United States as a teenager, as one of her greatest life influences.
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Kelley Paul spent much of her early life moving around the country, describing herself as an "Air Force brat".
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Kelley Paul's family lived for a few years in Turkey as well.
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Kelley Paul graduated from Russellville High School, where she was a member of the cheerleader squad.
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In 1988, Kelley met Rand Paul at a backyard oyster roast in Atlanta.
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Rand Kelley Paul was completing a surgical rotation at Georgia Baptist Hospital while working on his medical degree at the Duke University School of Medicine.
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At first Kelley Paul thought that Rand was a teenager, and unaware that he was actually a 26-year-old doctor.
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Kelley Paul would go on to help her husband with producing newsletters and mailings for his practice, running the payroll, keeping the books, and managing a remodel of the building where he saw patients.
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Kelley Paul maintains a board position at Helping a Hero, a charity that builds houses for wounded war veterans.
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Kelley Paul played a key role in the decision regarding whether her husband would run for president, but stated that it was a much easier decision than deciding to run for US Senate in mid-2009.
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In late September 2015, Kelley Paul filed for her husband to appear on the ballot in the South Carolina primary.
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In January 2016, after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton came under criticism for her husband Bill Clinton's past relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, Kelley Paul said in an interview that Bill Clinton was "fair game" since he had become involved with his wife's campaign and that while it may not have been just, "I think we all know that's the way it is in politics now".
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In 2018, Kelley Paul advocated for passage of the First Step Act, meeting with senators and conducting public interviews to try to build support for the bill.
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Kelley Paul says she was enlightened on the need for criminal justice reform by her husband Rand and father-in-law Ron Kelley Paul, whose advocacy "opened [her] eyes to the extent of how bad our system is broken and how people are suffering through that".