DUBUQUE, IA. — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s visit Monday night to a Catholic college in this historically Catholic city underscores the competition in this presidential race over a religious group whose political views cross party lines in key areas.

Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman who is Catholic and doesn’t hesitate to mention it on the campaign trail, rallied about 1,000 GOP supporters at Loras College on Monday to kick off a two-day bus tour through several of Iowa’s Mississippi River towns.

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