Jim Clymer

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James N. Clymer is the current party chairman of the United States Constitution Party. He grew up in Lancaster and earned a law degree. He was admitted into the Pennsylvania Bar Association in May, 1978 and ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor in 1998 and for a United States senate seat in 2004. His United States Senate bid was remarkable in comparison to other third party (United States) bids in which he gathered nearly 4-6% of the vote against Arlen Specter and Joe Hoeffel. He received 214,837 votes, which may be the second highest number of votes any Constitutionalist has received, after the 460,269 votes Peg Luksik's 1994 gubernatorial bid received (Clymer was running for Lt. Gov. on this ticket). He somewhat was able to gain support from conservative, pro-life Republicans who had voted for Pat Toomey in the close Senate Primary against Arlen Specter, who is considered more moderate, especially on social issues. He also gained the endorsement of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Clymer also participated in the U.S. Senate Debate.