In regards to the 54th Speaker of the US House of Representatives, what year was he a candidate for VP?
Paul Ryan Paul Davis Ryan Jr. ( ; born January 29, 1970) is an American politician who is the 54th and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, running alongside former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, in the 2012 election.
Ralph Hall Ralph Moody Hall (born May 3, 1923) is an American politician who served as the United States Representative for  's 4 congressional district from 1981 to 2015. He was first elected in 1980, and was the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology from 2011 to 2013. He was also a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. In 2004, he switched to the Republican Party after having been a member of the Democratic Party for more than 50 years.