WASHINGTON: Republican Paul Ryan lost in his bid to be the next US vice president but kept his seat in the House of Representatives, leaving the young conservative with a platform for potential future ambitions.
With most results in, Ryan was winning 56 percent of the vote in his district in Wisconsin even though President Barack Obama carried the Midwestern state. Ryan, 42, faced Rob Zerban, a former county official in Kenosha.
Ryan, the first member of so-called Generation X to win a spot on a presidential ticket, is passionate about cutting government spending and has proposed major reforms in the Medicare health plan for older Americans.
With Mitt Romney’s loss to Democrat Obama, Ryan has immediately become the topic of speculation on whether he will seek the Republican Party’s nomination to be president in 2016.
As chairman of the House Budget Committee, Ryan has been an outspoken opponent of Obama’s health care reform plan that aims to expand access to the uninsured.
AFP
