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Paul Ryan Should Be Safe in November. He Isn't.
House speakers have lost their seats before.
Fear the @IronStache.
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Randy Bryce is a Wisconsin ironworker who has badly lost two state legislative races. He's now running for Congress against one of the country's most powerful Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan, who clobbered his last opponent by a margin of more than 2 to 1.
Before laughing, however, consider this: By the end of this week, Bryce will have raised more than $4.5 million, three-quarters of it in contributions of less than $200. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee just moved the contest into its "Red to Blue" list of seats it considers competitive in the November midterm elections.