Paul Ryan

REPUBLIC

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

- Paul Ryan 

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

- Born on January 29, 1970 in Janesville, Wisconsin.
- Married to Janna Ryan with three kids , Elizabeth, Samuel and Charles.
- Attended Joseph A. Craig High School, Miami University, American University
- His father worked as an attorney, and his mother was a stay-at-home mom. Ryan has one sister, Janet, and two brothers, Tobin and Stan.
-  Only comfortable talking about money and arguments about how middle-class people can benefit from unfettered capitalism, but doesn’t have an opinion on any other social issues like the LGBT community.
- Ryan has been serving as the U.S. representative of Wisconsin's Congressional District 1 since 1999 and has served ever since, after being elected in 1998 at age 28. 
- Ryan became interested in government after reading the literature of Ayn Rand, but later stated that he rejects Rand's philosophy because he believes it's based on atheism.

 "I reject her philosophy. It's an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview. If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas”

 - Paul Ryan, August 2012 article in The New Yorker.

He was named Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate for the 2012 election. 

Republican Parrty Campaign: Timeline & Results

January 2012
January 10th - New Hampshire Primary
Results: Romney 39%

January 21st - South Carolina Primary
Results: Gingrich 40%

January 31st - Florida Primary
Results: Romney 46.4%

February 2012
February 7th - Minnesota and Missouri Primaries
Results (Minnesota): Santorum 44.8%
Results (Missouri): Santorum 55.2%

February 28th - Arizona and Michigan Primaries
Results (Arizona): Romney 47.3%
Results (Michigan): Romney 41.1%

March 2012
March 3rd - Washington Primary
Results: Romney 37%

March 6th - "Super Tuesday"
Results: Alaska: Romney 32.6%
Georgia: Romney 25.9%
Idaho: Romney 61.6%
Massachusetts: Romney 72.2%
Ohio: Romney 38%
Oklahoma: Romney 28%
Tennessee: Romney 28%
Vermont: Romney 39.8%
Virginia: Romney 59.5%
Wyoming: Romney 55.7%

March 20th - Illinois Primary
Results: Romney 46.7%

March 24th - Louisiana Primary
Results: Santorum 49%

April 2012
April 3rd - Maryland, Wisconsin, Washington DC Primaries
Results: Maryland: Romney 49.1%
Wisconsin: 42.5%
Washington DC: Romney 70.2%

April 5th - Mississippi Primary
Results: Santorum 32.8%

Santorum removes himself from the GOP Race

April 24th - Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Primaries
Results: Connecticut: Romney 67.4%
Delaware: Romney 56.5%
New York: Romney 62.4%
Pennsylvania: Romney 58%
Rhode Island: Romney 63.2%

Gingrich removes himself from the GOP Race

May 2012
May 8th - Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia Primaries
Results: Indiana: Romney 65%
North Carolina: Romney 66%
West Virginia: Romney 70%

May 15th - Nebraska and Oregon Primaries
Results: Nebraska: Romney 71%
Oregon: 72%

May 22nd - Arkansas and Kentucky Primaries
Results: Arkansas: Romney 68%
Kentucky: Romney 67%

May 29th - Texas Primary
Results: Romney 69%

Mitt Romney wins the GOP Race of 2012 nomination

Mitt Romney

"And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God-loving, family-oriented American people."

-Willard Mitt Romney

Willard Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan from Lenore and George W Romney - former Michigan governor. In 1969, he married Ann Davies and had five sons - Tagg, Ben, Craig, Josh, and Matt. In his senior year of high school, Romney joined the cross country team in Cranbrook School as well as eleven school organizations. Beginning in 1966, Romney spent 30 months in France as a Mormon missionary but did not gain many converts.

Romney attended Cranbrook School, Brigham Young University, Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, and Stanford University.

 After being hired in 1977 by Bain & Capital, he found the investment firm Bain Capital and took over the Salt Lake Organization Committee and hekmed a successful 2002 Olympic Games.
In 2004, Romney authored the book Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games.
To be in the 2008 Presidential campaign, he needed to spend $110 million, $45 million came from his own pocket.

Barack Obama

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

-Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii from Obama Sr and Ann Dunham. Married to Michelle Obama, he has two daughters: Natasha and Malia Ann. Obama was born in Hawaii, but he and his re-married mother moved to Jakarta, Indonesia and Maya Soetoro (his half-sister) was born. He lived there until the age of 10. Due to incidents while living in Indonesia, his mother sent him back to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents and later joined him with his sister.

Obama attended Punahou Academy, Occidental College, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School.
Obama moved to Chicago and was a director of a church-based community organization from 1985 to 1988. He also worked as a consultant and instructor for a community organizing institute, Gamaliel Foundation. After entering Harvard Law School, after his first year, he became editor for the Harvard Law Review, and after his second year, he became president of the Review. In 1992, Obama was a teacher at the University of Chicago Law School for civil rights.

He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996, reelected again in 1998, and reelected again in 2002. Obama became the chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee in January 2003. In 2002, Obama entered the US Senate Race and made it official in 2003. In January 3 2005, winning 70% of the votes, Obama entered as a senator.

February 2007, Obama announced that he would be running for the 2008 presidential campaign. After the field of Democratic candidates narrowed down to just him and Hillary Clinton, the race was neck-to-neck, but Clinton ended her campaign and supported Obama. John McCain was elected as the Republican candidate, but on November 4 2008, Obama won the majority of the votes. He was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, making him the first African American to serve as president of the United States.

Joe Biden

DEMOCRATIC

"Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?.' The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you."

– Joe Biden

Background Information:
- Born on November 20, 1942 in northeast Pennsylvania.
- Was an attorney before turning to politics.
 - 5th youngest U.S. senator
- Delaware's longest-serving senator

Barack Obama selected him to his running mate, ensuring him to be the 47th vice president of the United States.

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