Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, who raised his national profile several years ago with an unsuccessful leadership challenge against Nancy Pelosi, is joining the growing field of Democratic presidential candidates. Leaders from local organized labor — long a staple of his base — have been invited to attend. Bill Padisak, president of the Mahoning-Trumbull AFL-CIO, which covers the Youngstown area, said he has been asked to help turn out the crowd. Ryan, a moderate Ohio Democrat who in 2016 launched an unsuccessful bid to unseat Pelosi, D-Calif., as party leader in the House, has said his big concerns are education, the economy and China’s global influence. Earlier this spring, he said his party has to be “very careful” not to appear too anti-business as it tries to win back the White House.

Source: Fox News April 04, 2019 02:25 UTC