By Brendan O’Brien
MILWAUKEE, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Republican vice presidential
candidate Paul Ryan earned a concession prize on Wednesday after
he lost the national race as presidential candidate Mitt
Romney’s running-mate, easily reclaiming his congressional seat
in Wisconsin.
While the Republican ticket of Romney and Ryan lost to
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Ryan
defeated Democratic businessman Rob Zerban in Wisconsin.
The 42-year-old Ryan represents a Wisconsin district
consisting of the southeast corner of the state, including
Janesville, Racine and parts of southern Milwaukee County.
Ryan will return to Congress where he has spent the last 14
years. He is chairman of the House Budget Committee.
Ryan came to prominence in 2010 by co-authoring “Young Guns:
A New Generation of Conservative Leaders,” a manifesto
showcasing the small government “opportunity society” that he
had been advocating for years to smaller audiences.
It provided a national forum for promoting Ryan’s political
agenda and made him a favorite of the anti-tax,
limited-government Tea Party movement.
(Reporting By Brendan O’Brien; Editing by Mary Wisniewski, Greg
McCune and Bernard Orr)
