Tim Ryan

Timothy John Ryan (English: Timothy John Ryan; July 16, 1973 -) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 2003 to 2023. He is a Democrat who has represented Ohio's 13th Congressional District since 2013 and previously represented Ohio's 17th Congressional District before redistricting. Ryan's district now includes a swath of Northeast Ohio, from Youngstown to Akron. He is the Democratic nominee for the 2022 Ohio U.S. Senate election. A native of Niles, Ohio, Ryan served as an aide to U.S. Rep. James Trafficante after majoring in political science at Bowling Green State University and earning his J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law. He served in the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2002 before winning election to succeed Trafic Kent. In November 2016, Ryan launched an unsuccessful challenge to unseat Nancy Pelosi as House Democratic leader. He was also a candidate in the Democratic primary for the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and then ended his campaign in 2019 to run for re-election. Ryan was re-elected to his tenth term in 2020. In 2021, Ryan announced his candidacy for a Senate seat in Ohio and won the Democratic nomination with 70% of the vote. He lost to Republican nominee James David Vance in the general election on November 8, 2022.