About Ned

Ned Ryun is a grassroots and conservative activism expert. He is the founder and CEO of American Majority, a non-partisan political training institute whose mission is to identify and mold the next wave of liberty-minded candidates, grassroots activists and community leaders. Since its founding in January of 2008, while under Ryun’s leadership, American Majority has conducted over 2,400 events and trained over 86,000 candidates and activists in all 50 states.

A former writer for President George W. Bush and the son of former Olympic medalist and U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun (R-KS), Ned Ryun is sought after for his commentary on the national political scene, grassroots engagement and the conservative movement in general. Ryun is a frequent contributor on Fox News and Fox Business, including appearances on Jesse Watters Primetime and The Ingraham Angle.

Ryun serves as an unofficial advisor to President Trump and is a member of the 1776 Commission.

Prior to launching American Majority, Ryun founded and directed Generation Joshua, a civics education program for middle and high school students that reached a membership of nearly 10,000. Ryun graduated with Highest Distinction (summa cum laude) from the University of Kansas with degrees in English and History. 

He is the author of Restoring Our Republic: The Making of the Republic and How We Reclaim It Before It’s Too Late, The Adversaries: A Story of Boston and Bunker Hill,  and American Leviathan: The Birth of the Administrative State and Progressive Authoritarianism and the accompanying American Leviathan documentary. Ned also writes the American Leviathan Substack and is a frequent contributor to various conservative publications with recent articles including: JD Vance’s Trip to Greenland Is a Strong, Smart Move, GOP & America Will Be Better for Passing Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, and The City Leviathan: How Corruption Killed Capitalism, The Border Disaster Was Not an Accident.

Together with his father and twin brother, Drew, he also authored Heroes Among Us and The Courage to Run. 

Ned Ryun resides in Purcellville, Virginia, with his wife and four children.

 

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