Second Democrat says he’ll run against Paul Ryan

June 19--A second Democrat announced Monday that he will try to defeat longtime 1st District Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville in 2018.

Randy Bryce, a steelworker from Caledonia who has been active in his union and party politics, made it official, issuing a news release and a video Monday morning.

Bryce describes himself in the news release as a U.S. Army veteran, cancer survivor, union ironworker and single father of one son.

Bryce, 52, has run previously for state Assembly and Senate. He was political coordinator of Ironworkers Local 8 and "has allied with progressives on a range of issues," according to his news release.

The other Democrat in the running is David Yankovich, an Ohioan who reportedly moved to Kenosha to challenge Ryan.

A Republican, Paul Nehlen of the town of Delavan, has also declared his intention to run against Ryan.

"Whether it's health care, jobs, national security, education or the environment, there's not one issue where Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are headed in the right direction. It's time for a change in Congress," Bryce said in his news release.

Bryce was born and raised in Milwaukee, graduated from Rufus King High School, served in the military police and served abroad, including in Honduras, said supporter Sachin Chheda.

"My mother has multiple sclerosis; my father is in assisted living, and I survived cancer in my 20s to have a miracle child in my 40s," Bryce is quoted as saying. "What Paul Ryan and the Republicans are doing to take health care away from millions of us, to make it cost more and cover less, and to allow the protections we've gained to be stripped away, it's just unacceptable."

"We have to acknowledge climate change threatens human existence, and we need to do something about it in a way that uses the opportunity to create hundreds of thousands of jobs building a new economy," the release states. "As a product of public schools, I know we need to invest in our children's future, and we need to make our government work again."

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