Ned Ryun

Education

Ryun graduated co-valedictorian from Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas from 1996 to 2000. Ryun graduated with honors in English and History.

Career

He is the publisher of NedRyun.com, a website on which he publishes the podcast series History of the Constitutional Convention, a collection of podcasts providing a behind the scenes look at the Philadelphia Convention. And Days of Revolution, a history of the American colonies from the French and Indian War until the American Revolution. While there, Ryun also ran on the Cross Country and Track and Field teams.

Ryun currently sits on the board of the Madison Project.

Ryun has been featured on Fox News, Cable News Network, Politico and The Washington Post, among other notable media outlets. He is an occasional front page contributor to RedState.com, the "most widely read right of center blog on Capitol Hill." Ryun is also a regular contributor to the American Spectator website.

In 2008, Ned Ryun founded, Incorporated., an organization devoted to identifying and training grassroots candidates for state and local elections. He currently serves as the group"s president is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization.

Ryun and gained notoriety during the 2011 Wisconsin protests over the state"s 2011 budget.

Speaking alongside Ryun were Andrew Breitbart, Herman Cain, novelist Brad Thor, and others

Achievements

• Ryun, the son of former United States. Congressman Jim Ryun, was a former presidential writer for George W. Bush and the co-founder and former director of the Generation Joshua program

Membership

While predominantly liberal protestors and members of Wisconsin labor unions filled the Wisconsin State Capitol demanding that the Acting 10 legislation be defeated, Ryun and other organizations affiliated with the Tea Party organized a February 19 counter-rally to support Wisconsin governor Scott Walker outside of the state capitol building.