Paul Ryan launches a new TV ad Wednesday that promotes his re-election bid for his House seat in Southern Wisconsin.
GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney chose Ryan as his running mate after the filing deadline for House seats in Wisconsin. Ryan says his name cannot be taken off the House ballot, but he would resign from Congress, if he were elected vice-president. Meantime, Ryan’s launching the first in what his house campaign says is a series of ads for the house re-election bid.
UW Milwaukee Governmental Affairs Professor Mordecai Lee says Ryan is doing what voters in his district might expect. “Wisconsin voters are prickly, and you don’t want to take them for granted.”
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Ryan faces Democrat Rob Zerban in the House contest.
Professor Lee says Representative Ryan has perhaps the largest campaign war chest in the House and can afford to spend money on the 1st District race. Ryan’s campaign says in 2008, Democratic vice-presidential contender Joe Biden also ran ads touting his re-election bid as Senator from Delaware.
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