Paul Ryan is in trouble in his district

Paul Ryan's district ends at the Wisconsin/Illinois border in Beloit, Wisconsin.
The district south of that is my district in Illinois. We, unfortunately have Adam Kinzinger as our Rep.
My husband works in Ryan's district and he has been telling me for awhile that Ryan is in trouble. The people in his district hate him.
The reason Ryan has been re-elected over and over is that our general area of southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois is that in the 90s the democratic party ceded the area to republicans.
I really have no idea why but, the party just faded around here.
In my city of Rockford, we used to be a strong democratic town. It was a strong democratic area for years. The area overall was factory with strong union presence and alot of farms outward.
In Ryan's district was pretty much like Rockford in factories, unions and farms.
Shortly after the democratic party began fading from our area the factories began shutting down and moving to Mexico and then, some went to China. Rockford and Janesville, Wisc. are testaments to what was before and now the great factories stand depressingly in the beginnings of decay and ruin. Some were saved by developers who turned them into apartments and condos for the young professionals.
Sadly, the attempts at renovating our small downtown and surrounding areas are somewhat competing with high unemployment and high crime (Rockford is listed as one of the most dangerous small cities). The crime has spread to the whole area and not confined to just the so called 'bad areas'. And now, its hit with the drug crisis as well.
Janesville, Wisc. where Ryan lives, is a reflection of Rockford. We are about a half hour apart and very much the same small city.
So, while the voters have the luxury of having the most powerful republican as their representative, someone who could move things and address the problems facing Janesville and the votrs, he refuses to bother himself with this. He has refused to hold Town Halls. He does not talk with the average voter, preferring instead to ignore them while coddling the very wealthy. And mostly the very wealthy who do not even live in Wisconsin.
So, while Janesville, like Rockford, continues its slide into ruin, the voters have grown extremely angry at him. And Ryan has a fairly strong democrat running against him. A guy who is one of the voters and understands. He is running due to the frustration and anger at Ryan's aloof attitude towards the average guy.
This is the first time Ryan has a real fight on his hands and from what my husband hears, Ryan is in trouble in his district.