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With three weeks until the Nov. 6 congressional elections, most
projections show Democrats holding a strong chance of gaining
the 23 seats they would need to take a majority of that chamber
and more effectively counter President Donald Trump.
Ryan will begin campaigning in the northeast, where he will
appear with Representatives John Faso in New York and Leonard
Lance in New Jersey, then go on to the Midwest next week to back
Erik Paulsen in Minnesota and Rod Blum of Iowa and later return
to the East Coast to campaign with Dave Brat of Virginia and Ted
Budd of North Carolina.
"We have great members and candidates on the ballot who support
this agenda and want to continue advancing policies that improve
people's lives," Kevin Seifert, executive director of Ryan's
political operation, said in an email.
Ryan in April said he would resign from Congress at the end of
his term, giving up both the office and a leadership role the
2012 vice presidential candidate assumed in 2015 after fellow
Republican John Boehner quit amid clashes with right-wing
Republicans.
The Wisconsin U.S. Representative had initially hesitated to
endorse Trump after he won his party's nomination in 2016 but
rarely criticized him after the New York real estate developer
took office in January 2018.
While Ryan cultivated a reputation as a fiscal conservative, the
December 2017 tax law and later federal spending deals he helped
negotiate will help rack up $11.7 trillion in federal deficits
over the next decade, according to recent estimates by the
non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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