A look back at Paul Ryan's political career, from VP run to passing tax overhaul. Show Caption. Hide Caption. Paul Ryan won't seek re-election, here's who could replace him. House Speaker Paul Ryan has announced he will not run for re-election, which means Republicans will have to fill that void in order to keep their majority.
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Other speakers will follow on future dates. Inevitably, Trump will be in the background. The former president has teased that he might attempt a comeback, and the party is broadly split between his loyalists who continue to promote his baseless claims of election fraud and those who believe he damaged the party and drove off voters, particularly in suburban battlegrounds where congressional control often is decided.
The former speaker pointed out that Republicans gained seats in the House in , even as Trump faltered. Ryan, who left Congress in January and now is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, had a tense, conflicted relationship with Trump. The former president, in turn, was critical of Ryan during his time leading the House. Ryan sounded dubious when asked if he could become a candidate. After his college graduation, Ryan began working as a marketing consultant for a family-run branch of a Wisconsin construction company.
He entered politics a few years later, working as a legislative aide for U. Ryan became interested in government after reading the literature of Ayn Rand ; Ryan has said that he agrees with Rand's "objectivist" philosophy, relating her philosophy to a fight of "individualism versus collectivism," but later stated that he rejects Rand's philosophy because he believes it's based on atheism.
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. In , at age 28, Ryan was elected to the U. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's Congressional District 1.
He began serving as the chairman of the House Budget Committee in until On August 11, , former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Ryan, a favorite of fiscal conservatives, as his running mate for vice president, via the Romney campaign's mobile phone application. The announcement ended months of media speculation over potential vice-presidential candidates for the election.
On August 28, — the first day of the Republican National Convention, held in Tampa, Florida — Romney was officially named the Republican Party's presidential nominee for the election. Romney had become the Republican Party's presumptive nominee in May , dominating his competitors, including Rick Santorum and Ron Paul , in the primaries. During the Republican National Convention, election candidates Romney and Ryan received support from several fellow Republican politicians, as well as wives Ann Romney and Janna Ryan , a former attorney who became a stay-at-home mom.
Janna offered words of support for her husband with a brief speech, stating, "I just want to say thank you to the Romneys for welcoming me, my husband, Paul, and our three children on this journey.
It's a tremendous honor to be America's comeback team with you all. Ryan took center stage on the second day of the Republican National Convention, with a lengthy speech to the Republican Party: "When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done. As Ryan spoke, a camera shot taken by CBS News showed an emotional Wisconsin governor Scott Walker—a political ally of the vice-presidential candidate—who appeared to have been moved to tears by the discourse.
Not everyone, however, was equally moved: Ryan received criticism from many news outlets regarding the accuracy of his narrative, which was peppered with disparaging comments about President Barack Obama.
Of President Obama and his administration, Ryan stated, "College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life. The results of the election were announced on November 6, Romney was defeated by President Obama in a suspense-filled race that, early on, remained close.
Obama won nearly 60 percent of the electoral vote, also winning the popular vote by more than 1 million ballots. While Ryan may have lost his vice-presidential bid, he clearly remains popular in his home state. He won reelection to the House in by a substantial margin.
Ryan beat his Democratic opponent, Rob Zerban, winning more than 63 percent of the vote. Zerban only received 36 percent. Ryan was called on to take a larger role in the Republican Party's leadership when John Boehner resigned his position as speaker of the House on September 25, , and soon after Kevin McCarthy, the Republican Majority Leader and favorite to replace Boehner, removed himself from consideration for the position. Ryan initially refused to run for speaker, but on October 21, , he said he would run if certain conditions were met, including the need for different factions of the Republican Party to unite and show their support for him.
If my colleagues entrust me to be the speaker, I want us to become the solution. I may not be on the road as often as previous speakers, but I pledge to try and make up for it with more time communicating our vision, our message. On the night of October 22, Ryan officially announced he would run for House speaker after he received support from three factions from within the Republican party. But I pledged to you that if I could be a unifying figure, then I would serve—I would go all in.
After talking with so many of you, and hearing your words of encouragement, I believe we are ready to move forward as one, united team. And I am ready and eager to be our speaker. Ryan was elected the 54th speaker of the House on October 29, , with votes.
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