1. Ryan Anthony Costello was born on September 7,1976 and is an American politician, lobbyist and attorney who served as the US representative for from 2015 to 2019.
16 Facts About Ryan Costello
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Ryan Costello chose not to seek reelection in the 2018 election, and was succeeded by Democrat Chrissy Houlahan.
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Ryan Costello attended Ursinus College and Villanova University School of Law.
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Ryan Costello served on the Board of Supervisors for East Vincent Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, for six years, serving as chairman for the last four.
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Ryan Costello was elected the Chester County recorder of deeds in 2008.
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Ryan Costello was elected to the Chester County Board of Commissioners in 2011.
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When Jim Gerlach, the Republican incumbent in in the United States House of Representatives, announced that he would not run for reelection in 2014, Ryan Costello chose to run for the Republican Party nomination.
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Ryan Costello faced Manan Trivedi of the Democratic Party in the general election.
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Ryan Costello was re-elected by a wide margin of 57.2 to 42.8.
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Ryan Costello was the only incumbent who retained his old district number.
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In March 2018, Ryan Costello filed petitions to get on the 2018 ballot, but later that month, he announced that he was dropping his reelection bid.
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In 2017, Ryan Costello ranked ninth out of 435 Members of Congress in bipartisanship.
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In May 2017, Ryan Costello broke from his party and voted against the Republican health care legislation, the American Health Care Act.
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In November 2017, Ryan Costello voted for the Republican Party's 2017 tax plan that passed the House.
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Ryan Costello voted in favor of a 2018 bipartisan bill to fund the federal government.
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In 2023, Ryan Costello was hired as an outside lobbyist for Google on "openness and competition" issues.