# 16 A Bird in the Hand is Worth a +ur@ on the Ballot

from Chris Moody, Yahoo! News:

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a congressman from Wisconsin, will begin running television ads for his congressional re-election campaign, the Associated Press reports:

Contracts formalized Tuesday with at least one Milwaukee television station show that Ryan's congressional ads will start airing Wednesday morning and go initially for two weeks. Ryan's congressional campaign manager confirmed that ads defending the seat will run but said additional details would come later.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tapped Ryan to be his running mate in August. Ryan is simultaneously running for the vice presidency and his Wisconsin House seat.

This has happened before: Joe Biden was on the Delaware ballot as VP candidate and as incumbent for his
Senate seat in 2008.  It's illegal in some states.  Still, it might be a bit disconcerting to have to consider voting twice for him in his Wisconsin district, especially if the word gets out that voters can vote for him only for one office. What's that you say? ... Well, maybe his supporters don't know that.  And this IS one of the ways that rumors can start.

/RPW