In regards to the 54th Speaker of the US House of Representatives, what year was he a candidate for VP?
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin, covering Kenosha County, Racine County and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County, Waukesha County and Milwaukee County. The district's current Representative is Republican Paul Ryan, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in the United States presidential election of 2012.
David M. Walker (U.S. Comptroller General) David M. Walker (born October 2, 1951) served as United States Comptroller General from 1998 to 2008, and is founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative. He was considered a potential contender for the Connecticut U.S. Senate seat that Joe Lieberman left in 2012, but chose not to run, and said he would maintain his status as an independent. Similarly, he had been promoted as a potential candidate for president, through Americans Elect, before that organization's decision to not field a candidate in the 2012 election. Walker endorsed Mitt Romney for president on October 29, 2012, in an op-ed in the "Washington Times". In 2013, Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.) voted for Walker for Speaker of the House. In 2017, Walker announced that he would explore running for Governor of Connecticut.