Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has launched his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Paul declared his candidacy at an event in Lexington.

Sen. Rand Paul: “We have come to take our country back from the special interests that use Washington as their personal piggy bank, the special interests that are more concerned with their personal welfare than the general welfare. The Washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and invades every nook and cranny of our lives must be stopped.”

Former Senator Hillary Clinton could be the next 2016 candidate to declare. Last week, Clinton’s campaign leased an office in Brooklyn, New York, as its headquarters.