Ryan Costello
Ryan A. Costello (* 7. September 1976 in Phoenixville , Chester County , Pennsylvania ) is an American politician of the Republican Party . Since January 2015 he has represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .
Career
In 1995, Ryan Costello graduated from Owen J. Roberts High School in Pottstown . He then attended Ursinus College in Collegeville until 1999 . After studying law at the Law School of Villanova University and being admitted to the bar in 2002, he began to work in this profession. He specialized in real estate matters.
Between 2011 and 2013, Costello served on the Chester County County Council. In the 2014 election , Costello was elected to the US House of Representatives in Pennsylvania's sixth congressional constituency in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Jim Gerlach , who was no longer running, on January 3, 2015 . He won with 56:44 percent of the vote against the democratic applicant Manan Trivedi. Confirmed in the 2016 election, he is also a member of the current 115th Congress , which ends on January 3, 2019. After the constituency lines were redrawn for the November 2018 election and Costello's new constituency had significantly more democratically inclined voters ( Hillary Clinton would have won the new sixth congressional electoral district in 2016 by 10 percentage points), Costello decided not to run again.
When President Trump made fun of the Republican MPs after the November 2018 election for criticizing him and not being re-elected, Costello was outraged. Trump's statement is as if someone were dancing on the grave of a dead person.
Web links
- Ryan Costello in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Web presence at the congress
- Ryan Costello on Vote Smart
Individual evidence
- ↑ Republican Ryan Costello beats Manan Trivedi for 6th District US House seat. In: WFMZ.com , November 4, 2014.
- ↑ Veronica Stracqualursi, Eric Bradner: Rep. Ryan Costello will drop bid for reelection in Pennsylvania. In: CNN.com , March 25, 2018.
- ↑ Emily Kopp: Retiring GOP Congressman: Trump Mocking Defeated Republicans Like 'Dancing On Somebody's Grave'. In: Roll Call , November 8, 2018.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Gerlach |
United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (6th constituency) January 3, 2015 - |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Costello, Ryan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Costello, Ryan A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th September 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Phoenixville , Pennsylvania |