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[[File:Nehlen Dumptruck.png|thumbnail|right|300px|Dump Ryan campaign from Paul Nehlen]]
[[File:Nehlen Dumptruck.png|thumbnail|right|300px|Dump Ryan campaign from Paul Nehlen]]
'''Paul Frederick Nehlen, III,''' is a business entrepreneur and a [[conservative]] who unsuccessfully challenged [[House Speaker]] [[Paul Ryan]] in [[Wisconsin]]'s 1st Congressional District in the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary election]] held on August 9, 2016.
'''Paul Frederick Nehlen, III''' (born May 9, 1969), is a business entrepreneur from Delavan, [[Wisconsin]], who ran unsuccessfully as a [[conservative]] against [[House Speaker]] [[Paul Ryan]] of Janesville in [[Wisconsin]]'s 1st Congressional District in the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary election]] held on August 9, 2016.
Nehlen holds several patents and has never held any public office. He was overpowered by Ryan's $5 million dollar war chest. Nehlen spent some of his own money in the primary. He was once a supporter of, and donor to, Ryan.<ref>[http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/03/big-spender-pro-amnesty-speaker-paul-ryan-gets-primary-challenge-local-businessman/ Big Spending, Pro-Amnesty, Pro-TPP Speaker Paul Ryan Gets Primary Challenge from Local Businessman, Gateway Pundit, March 30, 2016]</ref>
Nehlen holds several patents and has never held any public office. He was overpowered by Ryan's $5 million dollar war chest. Nehlen spent some of his own money in the primary. He was once a supporter of, and donor to, Ryan.<ref>[http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/03/big-spender-pro-amnesty-speaker-paul-ryan-gets-primary-challenge-local-businessman/ Big Spending, Pro-Amnesty, Pro-TPP Speaker Paul Ryan Gets Primary Challenge from Local Businessman, Gateway Pundit, March 30, 2016]</ref>
“He’s failed to put America’s security and [[America]]n jobs first. I’ve had it. We’ve all had it.}}
“He’s failed to put America’s security and [[America]]n jobs first. I’ve had it. We’ve all had it.}}
Nehlen finished with just 14 percent of the primary vote. He carried the endorsement of conservative icon [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who died a month after the primary, and columnist [[Ann Coulter]].
After the congressional race, Nehlen assumed the chairmanship of a new political action committee backing [[Donald Trump]] in the November 8 presidential election against [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. Through the Citizens Revolt PAC, Nehlen pledged to speak nationwide and in the media to challenge Trump's intra-party critics, often known as NeverTrumpsters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bloodied-a-lot-but-unbowed-ryan-foe-forms-pro-trump-pac/article/2599322|title=Bloodied — a lot — but unbowed, Ryan foe forms pro-Trump PAC|author=Kelly Cohen|publisher=''[[Washington Examiner]]''|date=August 14, 2016|accessdate=August 16, 2016}}</ref>
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