Randy Bryce
With House Speaker Paul Ryan retiring, the First Congressional District has a timely opportunity to reject the divisive, hate-fueled politics of the Republican majority in both Congress and the White House. Time and time again, Ryan has timidly enabled Trump and fought to take health care away from millions of people, embarrassing and betraying Wisconsin. Furthermore, the last thing Congress needs is some like Bryce’s opponent.
Bryan Steil got the Republican nomination because of his father’s connections as a prominent Republican lawyer who served as Tommy Thompson’s personal lawyer and whose law firm benefitted from millions of dollars from a massive tobacco settlement. These connections also got him a position as a staffer for Paul Ryan. Now Steil is running to replace him.
By contrast, iron worker Randy Bryce—or, as voters have come to know him, “Iron ’Stache”—is true Wisconsin. Like most of us in the Badger State, he didn’t have a father to open all the important doors for him. Bryce had to do it all on his own and learn from his mistakes—and he did make mistakes. Having learned and grown, he now offers a new and dramatically under-represented voice of the blue-collar worker in a Congress largely composed of wealthy lawyers such as his opponent.
Throughout the campaign, Bryce has fought for the little guy, stood up to the wealthy special interests and shown the spirit of independence and forward thinking that used to set Wisconsin apart as a leader in our nation on civil rights, worker representation and advocating for the middle class. We strongly endorse sending Bryce to Congress to shake up the millionaires’ club that currently has a stranglehold on Congress.
Read the rest of our endorsements for the 2018 midterm election here.
