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|name=Paul Frederick Nehlen, III

|birth_date=May 9, 1969

|birth_place=[[Ohio]]

|spouse=(1) Divorced<br>

Two sons from first marriage

'''Paul Frederick Nehlen, III''' (born May 9, 1969), is a business entrepreneur from Delavan, [[Wisconsin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/29/paul-nehlen-challenge-paul-ryan-wisconsin-republic/?page=all|title=Businessman Paul Nehlen to challenge Paul Ryan from right in primary|last=|first=|date=29 March 2016|website=''[[Washington Times]]''|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 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.

'''Paul Frederick Nehlen, III''' (born May 9, 1969), is a business entrepreneur from Delavan, [[Wisconsin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/29/paul-nehlen-challenge-paul-ryan-wisconsin-republic/?page=all|title=Businessman Paul Nehlen to challenge Paul Ryan from right in primary|last=|first=|date=29 March 2016|website=''[[Washington Times]]''|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 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.

==Challenging Ryan==

==Challenging Ryan==

Nehlen's congressional platform called for secure borders, enforcement of existing immigration laws, and reduced government spending. He opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulnehlen.com/nehlen-issues/|title=Issues|website=Paul Nehlen|last1=Nehlen|first1=Paul|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref> Despite the national attention focused on his campaign, Nehlen was overpowered by Ryan's $5 million 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's congressional platform called for secure borders, enforcement of existing immigration laws, and reduced government spending. He opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulnehlen.com/nehlen-issues/|title=Issues|website=Paul Nehlen|last1=Nehlen|first1=Paul|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref> Despite the national attention focused on his campaign, Nehlen was overpowered by Ryan's $5 million 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>

In the 2017 special U.S. Senate election in [[Alabama]], Nehlen came to the state to campaign for Judge [[Roy Moore]], who was accused of sexual misconduct with teenaged girls more than forty years earlier. Nehlen said that Moore was "falsely accused" and derided liberal Republican figures, including Paul Ryan, for joining the campaign to defeat the former judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11/nehlen-ryan-judge-moore-falsely-accused-guilty-spending-filthy-pedo-dollars/|title=Nehlen to Ryan: "Judge Moore Was Falsely Accused, But You Are Guilty Of Spending Filthy Pedo Dollars"|publisher=''The Gateway Pundit''|date=November 13, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}</ref> Moore subsequently lost the race on December 12 by 21,000 votes to the [[liberal]] Democrat [[Doug Jones]], a popular former U.S. Attorney in the [[Bill Clinton]] administration.

In the 2017 special U.S. Senate election in [[Alabama]], Nehlen came to the state to campaign for Judge [[Roy Moore]], who was accused of sexual misconduct with teenaged girls more than forty years earlier. Nehlen said that Moore was "falsely accused" and derided liberal Republican figures, including Paul Ryan, for joining the campaign to defeat the former judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11/nehlen-ryan-judge-moore-falsely-accused-guilty-spending-filthy-pedo-dollars/|title=Nehlen to Ryan: "Judge Moore Was Falsely Accused, But You Are Guilty Of Spending Filthy Pedo Dollars"|publisher=''The Gateway Pundit''|date=November 13, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}</ref> Moore subsequently lost the race on December 12 by 21,000 votes to the [[liberal]] Democrat [[Doug Jones]], a popular former U.S. Attorney in the [[Bill Clinton]] administration.

In December 2017, after Nehlen issued several tweets judged anti-Semitic by his critics, [[Steve Bannon]], the [[Breitbart]] executive and former aide to Trump, said that he is withdrawing all support for Nehlen in the primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/27/steve-bannon-paul-nehlen-paul-ryan|title=Steve Bannon cuts ties with far-right candidate trying to unseat Paul Ryan|publisher=''The Guardian''|date=December 27, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}</ref>

In December 2017, after Nehlen issued several tweets judged anti-Semitic by his critics, [[Steve Bannon]], the [[Breitbart]] executive and former aide to Trump, said that he is withdrawing all support for Nehlen in the primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/27/steve-bannon-paul-nehlen-paul-ryan|title=Steve Bannon cuts ties with far-right candidate trying to unseat Paul Ryan|publisher=''The Guardian''|date=December 27, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}</ref> The Wisconsin Republican Party has condemned Nehlen's candidacy on the premise that his views "have no place in the party."

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