Conversation so far:
What happened during Paul Ryan's constituent services?
Ryan was first elected to the House in 1998, winning the 1st District seat of Republican Mark Neumann, a two-term incumbent who had vacated his seat.
And was he reelected?
Reelected eight times, Ryan has never received less than 55 percent of the vote.

Question: Who did he run against in the first election?
Self-contained rewrite: Who did Paul Ryan run against in the first election?