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Born and raised in [[Janesville, Wisconsin|Janesville]], [[Wisconsin]], Ryan graduated from [[Miami University]] in [[Ohio]] and later worked as a marketing consultant for Ryan Incorporated Central, run by a branch of his family. In the mid to late [[1990s]], he worked as an aide to [[United States Senator]] [[Bob Kasten]], as [[Legislative assistant|legislative director]] for Senator [[Sam Brownback]] of [[Kansas]], and as a [[speechwriter]] for former U.S. Representative and 1996 Republican [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] nominee [[Jack Kemp]] of [[New York]]. In 1998, Ryan won election to the [[United States House of Representatives]], succeeding the two-term [[incumbent]], fellow Republican [[Mark Neumann]]. |
Born and raised in [[Janesville, Wisconsin|Janesville]], [[Wisconsin]], Ryan graduated from [[Miami University]] in [[Ohio]] and later worked as a marketing consultant for Ryan Incorporated Central, run by a branch of his family. In the mid to late [[1990s]], he worked as an aide to [[United States Senator]] [[Bob Kasten]], as [[Legislative assistant|legislative director]] for Senator [[Sam Brownback]] of [[Kansas]], and as a [[speechwriter]] for former U.S. Representative and 1996 Republican [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] nominee [[Jack Kemp]] of [[New York]]. In 1998, Ryan won election to the [[United States House of Representatives]], succeeding the two-term [[incumbent]], fellow Republican [[Mark Neumann]]. |
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Ryan currently chairs the [[United States House Committee on the Budget|House Budget Committee]], where he has played a prominent public role in drafting and promoting the Republican Party's long-term budget proposal. He introduced a plan, [[The Path to Prosperity]], in April 2011 as an alternative to the budget proposal of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]], and helped introduce [[The Path to Prosperity#The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal|The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal]] in March 2012, in response to Obama's 2013 budget.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/us/politics/ryan-architect-of-gop-budget-in-election-focus.html | work=The New York Times | first=Mark | last=Landler | title=Ryan, Architect of G.O.P. Budget, in Election Focus | date=April 4, 2012}}</ref> Ryan is one of the three co-founders of the [[GOP Young Gun|Young Guns Program]], an electoral recruitment and campaign effort by House Republicans. He endorsed Republican presidential candidate |
Ryan currently chairs the [[United States House Committee on the Budget|House Budget Committee]], where he has played a prominent public role in drafting and promoting the Republican Party's long-term budget proposal. He introduced a plan, [[The Path to Prosperity]], in April 2011 as an alternative to the budget proposal of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]], and helped introduce [[The Path to Prosperity#The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal|The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal]] in March 2012, in response to Obama's 2013 budget.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/us/politics/ryan-architect-of-gop-budget-in-election-focus.html | work=The New York Times | first=Mark | last=Landler | title=Ryan, Architect of G.O.P. Budget, in Election Focus | date=April 4, 2012}}</ref> Ryan is one of the three co-founders of the [[GOP Young Gun|Young Guns Program]], an electoral recruitment and campaign effort by House Republicans. He endorsed Republican presidential candidate, former [[Governor of Massachusetts]] [[Mitt Romney]] for the [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/30/politics/campaign-wrap-duplicate-2/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 |publisher=[[CNN]] |title=Romney gets Ryan's endorsement, leads Wisconsin poll |date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> Ryan has long been considered as a possible [[running mate]] for Romney.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bendery |first=Jennifer |title=Eric Cantor Praises Bob McDonnell, Paul Ryan As Possible VP Contenders |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/eric-cantor-bob-mcdonnell-paul-ryan_n_1437406.html |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]'' |accessdate=19 April 2012 |date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> |
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==Early life, education, and career== |
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Ryan was born and raised in the [[Wisconsin]] town of [[Janesville]], the youngest child of Elizabeth A. "Betty" (née Hutter) and Paul Murray Ryan, a [[lawyer]].<ref name="whorunsgov.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Paul_Ryan |title=Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Congressman Paul Ryan |publisher=Whorunsgov.com |accessdate=2011-04-09}}</ref><ref name="milwaukeemagazine.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/currentIssue/full_feature_story.asp?NewMessageID=17442 |title=That Hair, Those Eyes, That Plan |publisher=''[[Milwaukee Magazine]]'' |date=2005-01-07 |accessdate=2011-04-09}}</ref><ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eb0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cy8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6825,6747908&dq=paul-murray-ryan&hl=en</ref> He is of [[Irish American|Irish]] and [[German American|German]] ancestry,<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/ryanpaul.htm Paul Ryan ancestry website]</ref> and is a fifth-generation Janesville native. |
Ryan was born and raised in the [[Wisconsin]] town of [[Janesville]], the youngest child of Elizabeth A. "Betty" (née Hutter) and Paul Murray Ryan, a [[lawyer]].<ref name="whorunsgov.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Paul_Ryan |title=Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Congressman Paul Ryan |publisher=Whorunsgov.com |accessdate=2011-04-09}}</ref><ref name="milwaukeemagazine.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/currentIssue/full_feature_story.asp?NewMessageID=17442 |title=That Hair, Those Eyes, That Plan |publisher=''[[Milwaukee Magazine]]'' |date=2005-01-07 |accessdate=2011-04-09}}</ref><ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eb0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cy8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6825,6747908&dq=paul-murray-ryan&hl=en</ref> He is of [[Irish American|Irish]] and [[German American|German]] ancestry,<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/ryanpaul.htm Paul Ryan ancestry website]</ref> and is a fifth-generation Janesville native. His great-grandfather, Patrick William Ryan, founded the Ryan Incorporated Central construction business in 1884.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ryancentral.com/history.html |title=Ryan Incorporated Central - History |publisher=Ryancentral.com |accessdate=2011-04-09}}</ref> Ryan's mother, an outdoors enthusiast, often led her husband and four children (Ryan's sister Janet and two brothers, Tobin and Stan) on [[hiking]] and [[skiing]] trips in the [[Colorado]] [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref name="milwaukeemagazine.com"/><ref name="jsonline.com">http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/43705747.html "Ryan draws inspiration from family, mentors". Journal Sentinel. April 26, 2009</ref> As a boy, Ryan attended [[Camp Manito-wish YMCA]], a wilderness canoe tripping camp located in [[Boulder Junction, Wisconsin]]. |
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Graduating from [[Joseph A. Craig High School]] in Janesville in 1988, Ryan was voted [[prom king]] and "Biggest Brown-Noser" by his fellow classmates.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/16/paul-ryan-mitt-romney-vp_n_1602826.html | work=Huffington Post | title=Paul Ryan's Future Uncertain | date=June 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/06/16/politics/wis-ryan/</ref> In college, he briefly worked for [[Oscar Mayer]] as a [[Wienermobile]] driver.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/2011/04/08/135247470/paul-ryan-father-fitness-buff-zeppelin-fan "Paul Ryan: Father, Fitness Buff, Zeppelin Fan". ''All Things Considered'', PBS. April 8, 2011]</ref> He also returned to Camp Manito-wish YMCA, working as a staff member and counselor during his college summer vacations. Ryan went on to graduate from [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]], with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[economics]] and [[political science]] in 1992. He also studied at the [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] Semester program at [[American University]] and was a member of the [[Delta Tau Delta]] social [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternity]]. Following his studies, Ryan briefly returned to Wisconsin and worked as a [[marketing]] consultant for an earth-moving company run by his relatives.<ref name="jsonline.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryanforcongress.com/Biography.aspx |title=Biography |publisher=Ryanforcongress.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-09}}</ref> |
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Ryan was 16 years old when he found his father in bed, dead from a [[heart attack]] at age 55. Ryan's grandfather and great-grandfather had also died from heart attacks, at ages 57 and 59 respectively.<ref name="ReferenceA">http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/43705747.html "Ryan draws inspiration from family, mentors". April 26, 2009.</ref> |
Ryan was 16 years old when he found his father in bed, dead from a [[heart attack]] at age 55. Ryan's grandfather and great-grandfather had also died from heart attacks, at ages 57 and 59 respectively.<ref name="ReferenceA">http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/43705747.html "Ryan draws inspiration from family, mentors". April 26, 2009.</ref> |
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Paul Ryan | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Neumann |
| Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | John Spratt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paul Davis Ryan January 29, 1970 Janesville, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Janna Ryan |
| Children | Elizabeth, Charles, and Samuel |
| Residence | Janesville, Wisconsin |
| Alma mater | Miami University (B.A.) |
| Website | U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan |
Paul Davis Ryan[1] (born January 29, 1970) is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party, and has been ranked among the party's most influential voices on economic policy.[2][3][4]
Born and raised in Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan graduated from Miami University in Ohio and later worked as a marketing consultant for Ryan Incorporated Central, run by a branch of his family. In the mid to late 1990s, he worked as an aide to United States Senator Bob Kasten, as legislative director for Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, and as a speechwriter for former U.S. Representative and 1996 Republican vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp of New York. In 1998, Ryan won election to the United States House of Representatives, succeeding the two-term incumbent, fellow Republican Mark Neumann.
Ryan currently chairs the House Budget Committee, where he has played a prominent public role in drafting and promoting the Republican Party's long-term budget proposal. He introduced a plan, The Path to Prosperity, in April 2011 as an alternative to the budget proposal of President Barack Obama, and helped introduce The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal in March 2012, in response to Obama's 2013 budget.[5] Ryan is one of the three co-founders of the Young Guns Program, an electoral recruitment and campaign effort by House Republicans. He endorsed Republican presidential candidate, former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney for the 2012 United States presidential election.[6] Ryan has long been considered as a possible running mate for Romney.[7]
Early life, education, and career
Ryan was born and raised in the Wisconsin town of Janesville, the youngest child of Elizabeth A. "Betty" (née Hutter) and Paul Murray Ryan, a lawyer.[8][9][10] He is of Irish and German ancestry,[11] and is a fifth-generation Janesville native. His great-grandfather, Patrick William Ryan, founded the Ryan Incorporated Central construction business in 1884.[12] Ryan's mother, an outdoors enthusiast, often led her husband and four children (Ryan's sister Janet and two brothers, Tobin and Stan) on hiking and skiing trips in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.[9][13] As a boy, Ryan attended Camp Manito-wish YMCA, a wilderness canoe tripping camp located in Boulder Junction, Wisconsin.
Graduating from Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville in 1988, Ryan was voted prom king and "Biggest Brown-Noser" by his fellow classmates.[14][15] In college, he briefly worked for Oscar Mayer as a Wienermobile driver.[16] He also returned to Camp Manito-wish YMCA, working as a staff member and counselor during his college summer vacations. Ryan went on to graduate from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a BA in economics and political science in 1992. He also studied at the Washington Semester program at American University and was a member of the Delta Tau Delta social fraternity. Following his studies, Ryan briefly returned to Wisconsin and worked as a marketing consultant for an earth-moving company run by his relatives.[13][17]
Ryan was 16 years old when he found his father in bed, dead from a heart attack at age 55. Ryan's grandfather and great-grandfather had also died from heart attacks, at ages 57 and 59 respectively.[18]
Early political career
At an Atlas Society meeting celebrating Ayn Rand's life in 2005, Ryan said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand",[19] and "I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. It’s inspired me so much that it’s required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff."[20] In response to criticism from Catholic leaders, in 2012 Ryan distanced himself from Rand's Objectivist philosophy, telling National Review that while as a young man he became interested in economics because of her novels, "It’s a big stretch to suggest that a person is therefore an Objectivist... I reject her philosophy. It's an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview. If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand."[21]
During his junior year at Miami University, Ryan worked as an intern opening mail for the foreign affairs advisor assigned to Senator Bob Kasten of Wisconsin.[22] Concerned that her son "...was destined to become a ski bum", Betty Ryan reportedly nudged him to accept another congressional position as a staff economist attached to Kasten's office.[22][23] In his early years working in D.C., Ryan moonlighted on Capitol Hill as a waiter at the Tortilla Coast restaurant and as a fitness trainer at Washington Sport and Health Club, among various other side jobs.[24]
After Kasten was defeated by Democrat Russ Feingold in 1992, Ryan became a speechwriter and a volunteer economic analyst with Empower America, an advocacy group formed by Jack Kemp, former education secretary Bill Bennett, the late diplomat Jeane Kirkpatrick, and former Representative Vin Weber of Minnesota.[18][25] Empower America and Citizens for a Sound Economy merged in 2004 and the resulting organization was named FreedomWorks.[26][27]
Ryan worked as a speechwriter for Kemp, the Republican vice presidential candidate in the 1996 United States presidential election, and later worked as legislative director for US Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas. In 1998, he ran for Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee assignments
Caucus memberships
- Congressional Middle East Economic Partnership Caucus
- International Conservation Caucus
- Republican Study Committee
- Sportsmen's Caucus (Co-Chair)
Following his first election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998, converted a truck into a rolling district office. This allowed him to keep regular congressional office hours with his constituents at locations across Wisconsin's 1st congressional district.[28][1]
In 2002, Ryan voted in favor of the Iraq War resolution, authorizing President George W. Bush to use military force in Iraq.[29]
In 2003, Ryan voted in favor of the Medicare Part D prescription drug expansion.[30]
In 2005, Ryan spoke at a Celebration of Ayn Rand event hosted by The Atlas Society. During the event, Ryan spoke about the influence of Atlas Shrugged on his life.[31]
In 2007, Ryan co-founded the House GOP Young Guns Program.
In 2008, Ryan voted for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Wall Street bailout that precipitated the Tea Party movement, and the bailout of GM and Chrysler.[32]
In 2010, The Daily Telegraph ranked Ryan the ninth most influential US conservative.[2]
In 2011, Ryan was selected to deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union address.[33]
In 2012, Ryan accused the nation's top military leaders of using "smoke and mirrors" to remain under budget limits passed by Congress.[34] Ryan later said that he misspoke on the issue and called General Martin Dempsey to apologize for his comments.[35]
Roadmap for America's Future
On May 21, 2008, Ryan introduced H.R. 6110, titled "Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008."[36] This proposed legislation outlined a plan to deal with entitlement spending.[37] Its stated objectives were: to ensure universal access to health insurance; to strengthen Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security; to lift debt from future generations; and to promote economic growth and job creation in America.[38] The Roadmap found only eight sponsors and did not move past committee.[39][40]
On April 1, 2009, Ryan introduced his alternative to the 2010 United States federal budget. This alternative budget would have eliminated the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, lowered the top tax rate to 25%, introduced an 8.5% value-added consumption tax, and imposed a five-year spending freeze on all discretionary spending.[41] It would also have replaced Medicare.[42] Instead, it proposed that starting in 2021, the federal government would pay part of the cost of private medical insurance for individuals turning 65.[42] Ryan's proposed budget would also have allowed taxpayers to opt out of the federal income taxation system with itemized deductions, and instead pay a flat 10 percent of adjusted gross income up to $100,000 and 25 percent on any remaining income.[43] Ryan's proposed budget was heavily criticized by opponents for the lack of concrete numbers.[44] It was ultimately rejected in the house by a vote of 293-137, with 38 Republicans in opposition.[45]
In late January 2010, Ryan released a new version of his Roadmap.[46] The modified plan would: give across the board tax cuts by reducing income tax rates; eliminate income taxes on capital gains, dividends, and interest; and abolish the corporate income tax, estate tax, and alternative minimum tax. The plan would privatize a portion of Social Security,[47][48] eliminate the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance,[48] and privatize Medicare.[47][48]
On April 15, 2011, the House passed the Ryan Plan for 2012 by a vote of 235-193. Four Republicans joined all House Democrats in voting against it.[49] A month later, the bill died in the Senate by a vote of 57-40, with five Republicans and most Democrats in opposition.[50]
Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman criticized the contention that Ryan's plan would reduce the deficit, alleging that it only considered proposed spending cuts and failed to take into account tax changes. According to Krugman, Ryan's plan "would raise taxes for 95 percent of the population" and produce a $4 trillion revenue loss over ten years from tax cuts for the rich. Krugman went on to label the proposed spending cuts a "sham" because they depended on making a severe cut in domestic discretionary spending without specifying the programs to be cut, and on "dismantling Medicare as we know it," which is politically unrealistic.[51]
In response to Krugman, economist and former American Enterprise Institute scholar Ted Gayer wrote a more positive assessment of the Ryan plan. Gayer agreed that, as written, the plan would cause a $4 trillion revenue shortfall over 10 years. He noted, however, that Ryan had expressed a willingness to consider raising rates in his tax plan.[clarification needed] Gayer concluded that "Ryan’s vision of broad-based tax reform, which essentially would shift us toward a consumption tax... makes a useful contribution to this debate."[52]
Journalist Ramesh Ponnuru, writing in National Review, argued that the revenue loss to which Krugman refers is based on a comparison between Ryan's plan and current law, which "includes middle-class tax increases... cuts in payment to Medicare providers... [and] the expansion of the Alternative Minimum Tax."[53] He added that "current law automatically raises the tax rates to pre-Bush levels in 2013... so if you're comparing the tax level with current law, Ryan's plan represents a tax cut" and "the CBO's actual projections for the Ryan plan show a debt level in 2021 that is $4.7 trillion lower than its projections for Obama's budgets."[53]
Rick Foster, the chief actuary of Medicare, endorsed Ryan's plan for reducing Medicare costs: "If you can put that pressure on the research and development community, you might have a fighting chance of changing the nature of new medical technology in a way that makes lower costs like this possible and more sustainable. I would say that the Roadmap has that potential. There is some potential for the Affordable Care Act price reductions, although I’m a little less confident about that."[54]
In December 2011, it was revealed that Ryan would begin a new push for changes in Medicare in 2012 by working with Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon to modify Ryan's previous Medicare proposal. His most recent approach for semi-privatization of Medicare would keep traditional Medicare as an option for senior citizens, but would also introduce private insurance into an exchange market to compete with traditional Medicare. Seniors would still be given a voucher to purchase care if they so desired, as in his previous proposal. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has supported a similar plan in his campaign.[55]
Ryan's second budget plan
At the end of March 2012, the House of Representatives passed a newer version of Ryan's budget plan for fiscal year 2013 along partisan lines, 228 yeas to 191 nays; ten Republicans voted against bill, along with all the House Democrats.[56] Ryan's budget would reduce all discretionary spending in the budget from 12.5% of GDP in 2011 to 3.75% of GDP in 2050. This goal has been criticized as unrealistic since it includes spending on defense, which has never fallen below 3% of GDP.[57] Congressman Justin Amash, a Republican from Michigan criticized Ryan's budget for insufficient cuts, its continuation of deficit spending through 2022 and beyond, and its exemption of military spending from reductions. [58] His budget has also been criticized because it would not balance the budget until 2035. Marc Goldwein, the policy directory for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget stated "We may never, as a country, have a balanced budget again, And you know what? We don't have to." Ryan saw this as evidence of the severity of the deficit crisis.[59]
The 2012 Ryan budget also received criticism from elements of the Catholic Church, specifically from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and from faculty and administrators of Georgetown University. In its letter to Rep. Ryan, the group of Georgetown faculty and administrators criticized the Ryan budget as trying to "to dismantle government programs and abandon the poor to their own devices," going on to say that Catholic teaching "demands that higher levels of government provide help—"subsidium"—when communities and local governments face problems beyond their means to address such as economic crises, high unemployment, endemic poverty and hunger." The letter also criticizes Ryan for his attempts at "gutting government programs" and states that Ryan is "profoundly misreading Church teaching."[60] A statement issued by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops criticized the Ryan budget in similar terms.[61] Ryan rejects the bishops' criticism that his budget plans would disproportionately cut programs that "serve poor and vulnerable people."[62]
In May 2012, Ryan voted for H.R. 4310 which would increase spending on defense, Afghanistan and various weapon systems to the level of $642 billion - $8 billion more than what was agreed to by President Obama and the Congress in the summer of 2011. [63]
Opposition to SOPA
On January 9, 2012, four months after the introduction of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Ryan pledged his opposition to the bill, saying, "The internet is one of the most magnificent expressions of freedom and free enterprise in history. It should stay that way. While H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, attempts to address legitimate problems, I believe it creates the precedent and possibility for undue regulation, censorship and legal abuse. I do not support H.R. 3261 in its current form and will oppose the legislation should it come before the full House."[64]
Political campaigns
Ryan was first elected to the House in 1998, when two-term incumbent Mark Neumann retired from his seat in order to make an unsuccessful bid for the Senate. Ryan won both a Republican primary over 29-year-old pianist Michael J. Logan of Twin Lakes and the general election against Democratic opponent Lydia Spottswood.[65] Ryan successfully defended his seat against Democratic challenger Jeffrey C. Thomas in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.[66] In 2002, Ryan had also faced Libertarian candidate George Meyers.
2008
Ryan defeated Democratic nominee Marge Krupp by a wide margin in the 2008 general election.[66]
2010
Ryan defeated both Democratic nominee John Heckenlively and Libertarian nominee Joseph Kexel by a wide margin in the 2010 general election.
Electoral history
| Year | Office | District | Democrat | Republican | Other | |||
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| 1998 | U.S. House of Representatives | Wisconsin 1st District | Lydia Spottswood | 43% | Paul Ryan | 57% | ||
| 2000 | U.S. House of Representatives | Wisconsin 1st District | Jeffrey Thomas | 33% | Paul Ryan | 67% | ||
| 2002 | U.S. House of Representatives | Wisconsin 1st District | Jeffrey Thomas | 31% | Paul Ryan | 67% | George Meyers (L) | 2% |
| 2004 | U.S. House of Representatives | Wisconsin 1st District | Jeffrey Thomas | 33% | Paul Ryan | 65% | ||
| 2006 | U.S. House of Representatives | Wisconsin 1st District | Jeffrey Thomas | 37% | Paul Ryan | 63% | ||
| 2008 | U.S. House of Representatives | Wisconsin 1st District | Marge Krupp | 35% | Paul Ryan | 64% | Joseph Kexel (L) | 1% |
| 2010 | U.S. House of Representatives | Wisconsin 1st District | John Heckenlively | 30% | Paul Ryan | 68% | Joseph Kexel (L) | 2% |
Personal life
Ryan married Janna Little, a tax attorney,[1] in December 2000.[8] The Ryans live in Janesville with their three children Elizabeth Anne, Charles Wilson, and Samuel Lowery.[67] Ryan is a Catholic and is a member of St. John Vianney's Church.[68]
Ryan is a fitness enthusiast and promotes fitness as a daily routine for young people. In 2009, his exercise program was based on the P90x fitness program.[24]
References
- ^ a b c Sauer, Bobbie (2008-07-23). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Paul Ryan". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ a b The most influential US conservatives, Daily Telegraph, 15 January 2010.
- ^ Klein, Ezra (July 29, 2010). "What would Republicans do for the economy?" The Washington Post.
- ^ Roth, Zachary (December 27, 2010). "The five most influential voices on the economy." Yahoo!
- ^ Landler, Mark (April 4, 2012). "Ryan, Architect of G.O.P. Budget, in Election Focus". The New York Times.
- ^ "Romney gets Ryan's endorsement, leads Wisconsin poll". CNN. March 30, 2012.
- ^ Bendery, Jennifer (April 19, 2012). "Eric Cantor Praises Bob McDonnell, Paul Ryan As Possible VP Contenders". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
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- ^ a b "That Hair, Those Eyes, That Plan". Milwaukee Magazine. 2005-01-07. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
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- ^ Paul Ryan ancestry website
- ^ "Ryan Incorporated Central - History". Ryancentral.com. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
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- ^ "The Atlas Society Releases Audio of Rep. Paul Ryan Speech on Ayn Rand". April 30, 2012.
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- ^ "Summary of H.R. 6110: Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008". Congressional Research Service. Library of Congress.
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External links
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan.
- Congressman Paul Ryan official U.S. House site
- Paul Ryan for U.S. Congress official campaign site
- A Roadmap for America's Future—Paul Ryan's alternative to the United States federal budget
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Health Care Reform: The Long-Term Perspective at Cato Institute, June 2009
- Monitor Breakfast—conversation on Medicare voucher reform in the Christian Science Monitor, 2 December 2010
- Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Historical Society