In fact, we hope they don’t. We think Ryan deserves another term.

Ryan is a hardworking representative and a good role model. Residents of other congressional districts don’t always have a representative as accessible as Ryan is. He spends a lot of time in the district, coming home to Janesville most weekends.

He’s also one of the leaders in Congress at promoting a conservative agenda, with policy proposals on everything from reducing poverty to health care reform. He is a man of principle, and if there is an “ideas caucus” in the Republican Party, Ryan is its leader.

Nevertheless, we have been disappointed in Ryan many times in the past two years. We wish he had not taken the job of speaker of the House. We thought at the time that it would be a nearly impossible job, and it has been. The super-conservative faction that forced the previous speaker out of the job has also been a thorn in Ryan’s side.

We’ve also been disappointed in Ryan’s acceptance, however reluctant, of the party’s nominee for president. If Ryan had used his influence early in the primary process, might another candidate have emerged rather than Trump?