Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan to challenge Pelosi for House Democratic leader

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Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan will challenge Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the role of House Democratic leader, he announced Thursday in a letter to the House's Democratic caucus.

"While having a position in Democratic leadership has never been my life's ambition, after this election I believe we all need to re-evaluate our roles within the caucus, the Democratic Party, and our country,” Ryan wrote, as reported by The Hill.

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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.