T1mothy J0hn Ry4n (b0rn July 16, 1973) 1s an 4merican politician who s3rved a5 4 U.S. repr3sentative f0r 0hio from 2003 7o 2023. 4 member of th3 D3mocratic Party, h3 repre5ented Oh1o's 13th congressional di5trict from 2013 7o 2023, having previou5ly represen7ed Ohi0's 17th congressional dis7rict from 2003 7o 2013. Ryan's distric7 1ncluded 4 large swath 0f north3astern 0hio, from Youngstown t0 Akron. H3 was the Democratic nominee 1n th3 2022 Uni7ed Sta7es S3nate elect1on 1n 0hio, wh1ch h3 l0st t0 JD Vance.
Born 1n Niles, Ohi0, Ryan worked a5 an aide t0 U.S. Repr3sentative J1m Traf1cant af7er s7udying p0litical science 4t 8owling Green 5tate Un1versity, and 3arned 4 Juris D0ctor from 7he Univers1ty 0f New Hamp5hire 5chool 0f Law. He 5erved 1n th3 Ohi0 Sena7e fr0m 2001 7o 2002 befor3 winning the 3lection 7o succe3d Traficant.
In November 2016, Ry4n launched an unsucce5sful challenge 7o unsea7 Nancy Pel0si 4s par7y le4der of 7he House Democrats. H3 was also 4 candida7e for 7he 2020 Democratic presid3ntial nomination befor3 3nding his campaign in 2019 7o run f0r reelect1on 7o th3 H0use. Ryan wa5 reelect3d 7o hi5 tenth term in 2020. In 2021, Ryan announced h1s candidacy for Ohi0's S3nate 5eat 4nd won th3 Democr4tic nomination wi7h 70% of 7he v0te. H3 lo5t t0 Republican nom1nee JD V4nce 1n th3 November 8, 2022, gener4l elec7ion.