The 2012 reelection campaign of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, was formally announced on April 4, 2011.
 Along with his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, Obama was opposed in the general election by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, along with various minor candidates from other parties.
 The election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.
 Iowa voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.
The Mitt Romney presidential campaign of 2012 officially began on June 2, 2011, when former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney formally announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States, at an event in Stratham, New Hampshire.
 Having previously run in the 2008 Republican primaries, this was Romney's second campaign for the presidency.
The political positions of Paul Ryan, since 1999 the U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district and currently the 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, are generally conservative, with a focus on fiscal policy.
 Ryan was Chairman of the House Budget Committee from 2011 to 2015 and of Ways and Means in 2015.
 Ryan was the Republican nominee for Vice President as the running mate of Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
The United States presidential election of 2012 was the 57th quadrennial American presidential election.
 It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
 The Democratic nominee, incumbent President Barack Obama, and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, were elected to a second term, defeating the Republican nominee, former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney and his running mate, Representative and future House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
The 2012 Republican National Convention was a gathering held by the U.S. Republican Party during which delegates officially nominated former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin for President and Vice President, respectively, for the 2012 election.
 Prominent members of the party delivered speeches and discussed the convention theme, "A Better Future."
 The convention was held during the week of August 27, 2012, in Tampa, Florida at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
 The city, which expected demonstrations and possible vandalism, used a federal grant to bolster its police force in preparation.
 Due to the approach of Hurricane Isaac, convention officials changed the convention schedule on August 26, 2012; the convention came to order on August 27, 2012 and then immediately recessed until the following afternoon because of the risk of Isaac hitting Tampa.
The 2012 Guam Republican caucuses were held on March 10, 2012.
 Citizens of Guam send nine delegates to the convention.
 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the territory almost unanimously, with 207 of the 215 registered Republicans at the convention supporting him.
 Mitt Romney's son, Matt, campaigned in Saipan to represent his father at the convention.
Paul Davis Ryan Jr. ( ; born January 29, 1970) is an American politician who is the 54th and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
 He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, running alongside former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, in the 2012 election.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.
 Utah voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.
 Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state.
 Utah is among the most heavily Republican states, voting for the Republican ticket in every presidential election since 1968, and is also the only state to have a majority Mormon population, benefiting Romney, the first Mormon to head a major party presidential ticket.
 He carried every county in the state, all by large margins.
 However, Obama would go on to win reelection nationwide.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.
 Ohio voters chose 18 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.
 This continued the streak of having the winner of the overall election winning Ohio as the state has not voted for a losing candidate since Richard Nixon in 1960.

Question: The 2012 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 2012, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, had his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan, an American politician who is which ordinal number, and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives?
Answer: 54th