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Rand Paul casthimself as a more electable Ted Cruzduring his appearance on"The Kelly File" Monday, one of the first potential opponents to remark on Cruz's candidacy.

Cruz announced he would run for presidentMonday during a speech at Liberty University in Virginia, positioning himself as a conservative who would fight government overreach.

"I didn't find much I disagreed with," Paulsaid of Cruz's speech. "If you look at our voting records, you'll find that we're very, very similar. I guess what makes us different is probably our approach as to how we would make the party bigger."

Paul said he and Cruz came "from the same wing of the party," but that polling showed him doing better against Hillary Clinton.

According to a Real Clear Politics average, Clinton beats Paul 50-41, a closer margin than any potential Republican 2016 candidate but Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who would lose to Clinton 49-41. Cruz would lose to Clinton by 50-39, Real Clear Politics found.

Paul said a potential winner couldn't win an election by just "throwing out red meat" and said he would be able to both excite the base and expand the party, "taking those principals of liberty" and a "unique brand of conservatism" and bringing them to a new audience.

When compared against Cruz, Paul has a higher percentage of Republican primary voters who say they could see themselves supporting him -- 49 percent to 40 percent -- and his libertarian leanings are more appealing to many young voters than Cruz's stance on social issues.

During Cruz's announcement speech at Liberty University, several students wearing shirts in support of Paul sat in the front row. Paul said he wasn't sure who orchestrated the students but said he was "glad to see them there and organized and excited about the possibility of them running."

Hesaid he'd make an announcement concerning his run April 7 and said he would "aggressively go after the Clintons" and their "corruption."

Hunter Schwarz covers the intersection of politics and pop culture for the Washington Post

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Rand Paul will formally declare his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination with a five-state, five-day announcement tour next month, Republicans knowledgeable about the Kentucky senators plans told The Washington Times.

Mr. Paul will make his announcement first in Louisville atnoon on April 7, then head to New Hampshire onApril 8, Charleston, S.C., onApril 9, Iowa CityonApril 10and Las Vegas onApril 11.

Traditionally, presidential candidates enter the race by declaring in their home state and then flying to at least two of the first four states that hold presidential preference contests the following year.

It takes a significant campaign war chest and logistical planning and know-how to design and execute a three-state announcement tour, said Michael Karem, whose experience in doing national campaign advancement extends back to Ronald Reagans first presidential nomination run in 1975.

Five-state inaugural swings take even more money and advance-work skills, veterans of national campaigns say.

Mr. Paul, 52, is a ophthalmologist elected to the Senate in 2011. He has the support of much of the libertarian-mined conservatives who were devoted followers of his father, Ron Paul, also a physician and former U.S. House member from Texas who enjoyed a loyal following for never deviating from conservative, free-market, individual freedom principles in all his vot

In February, he edged out Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson in the latest CPAC straw poll.

Mr. Paul would be the second formally declared candidate, since Mr. Cruz plans to announce his bidMonday. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Mr. Carson have announced exploratory committees, but have not formally declared their candidacy.

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