Tim Ryan: Everything You Need to Know

Name: Tim Ryan Party: Democrat Date of Birth: July 16, 1973 Age: 42 What he Does Now: U.S. Representative from Ohio What he Used to Do: Ohio State Senator (January 2001 to December 2002), U.S. Representative for Ohio's 17th District (January 2003- January 2013), which has since become the 13th District. Hometown: Niles, Ohio Family Tree: Born to Rochelle Maria (Rizzi) and Allen Leroy Ryan. He is of Irish and Italian ancestry. What You Might Not Know About Him: Arrested in August 2012 for public intoxication. He served on the staff of controversial U.S. Representative Jim Traficant of Ohio in the mid-1990s. Traficant, who died in 2014, was convicted of bribery and racketeering charges. There’s been a lot of speculation about Ryan running for governor of Ohio in 2018. Policies That Differ From Hillary Clinton’s Ryan voted for the Stupak Amendment restricting federal funding for abortions, but in January 2015, he announced that having "gained a deeper understanding of the...