Jake Corman

Jake Corman
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 34th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 7, 1999
Preceded by Doyle Corman
Personal details
Born September 9, 1964 (1964-09-09) (age 47)
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Kelli Lopsonzski
Children 3 children
Residence Benner Township, Pennsylvania[1]
Alma mater The Pennsylvania State University
Occupation State Senator
Religion United Methodist
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Website http://www.jakecorman.com

Jacob Doyle "Jake" Corman III is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the 34th Senatorial District since 1999. The district includes portions of Centre, Mifflin and Union Counties and all of Juniata and Perry Counties. He currently serves as Majority Appropriations Chairman.

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Personal

Corman is a graduate of Bellefonte Area High School, the Pennsylvania College of Technology where he earned an associates degree in Communications and The Pennsylvania State University where he received a BA degree in Journalism.

He was State Director for Central Pennsylvania for United States Senator Rick Santorum from 1994 through 1998.[2] He was Field Service Director for the Pennsylvania Builders Association from 1993 through 1994.[2]

Career

In 1998, Corman's father, J. Doyle Corman, a Pennsylvania State Senator for 21 years, announced his retirement from the Senate. Corman announced that he would run for his father's seat. During the three-way GOP primary, Corman was attacked by the other candidates for a 1995 drunk driving conviction as well as his admission to experimenting with marijuana in the 1980s.[3][4] Despite the minor controversy, Corman prevailed in the won a three-way GOP primary and went on to defeat Democrat Scott Conklin (now a member Pennsylvania House of Representatives) in the general election.

In a 2002 PoliticsPA Feature story designating politicians with yearbook superlatives, he was named the "Best Dressed," to which he responded ""This never could have happened if I hadn't met my wife two years ago. She threw all my clothes in the dumpster, took me shopping and dressed me properly. Thank you for recognizing Kelli's hard work."[5]

In 2002, Corman was re-elected with over 92% of the vote, facing only minimal opposition from a Libertarian Party candidate.[6] In 2006, Corman defeated Democrat Jon Eich, Robert J. Cash, and Libertarian Thomas Martin with 56% of the vote.[7] After the leadership shakeup following the 2006 elections, Corman bid for the position of Senate Majority Leader, but was edged out by Dominic Pileggi [8] and was ultimately elected as the Majority Policy Chairman, succeeding Joe Scarnati.

In early 2008, there was speculation that Corman would make a run for the U.S. House seat being vacated by John E. Peterson; however Corman declined to run.[9]

In November 2008, Corman was elected by his caucus to serve as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. In addition, Corman serves on the Banking & Insurance, Finance, Rules & Executive Nominations, and State Government Committees.

The Pennsylvania Report named him to the 2009 "The Pennsylvania Report 100" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics and called him of the state's "rising stars."[10]

In 2010, Corman again defeated Democrat Jon Eich for re-election garnering 69.4% of the vote.[11]

References

  1. ^ Franklin, Gail (November 9, 2009). "Mountaintop veterans honored". Centre Daily Times. http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/1615530.html. 
  2. ^ a b "Project Vote Smart - Senator Jacob Doyle 'Jake' Corman, III (PA)". Project Vote Smart. http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=23839. 
  3. ^ Jake Corman Admits to DUI, Smoking Pot, Centre Daily Times, May 1, 1998.
  4. ^ Harold Goodridge (1998-05-21). "Corman predicts Clean Race for November Election". Centre Daily Times. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DT&s_site=centredaily&p_multi=DT&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB96E27A554C4D0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 
  5. ^ "Keystone State Yearbook Committee". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-08-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20020803170058/www.politicspa.com/yearbookcommittee.htm. 
  6. ^ Pennsylvania Department of State, Election Returns, 11/5/2002
  7. ^ Pennsylvania Department of State, Election Returns, 11/7/2006
  8. ^ Neri, Al (November 2006). "One last thing". The Insider. http://www.insiderpa.com/archive/insider11-2006b.htm. 
  9. ^ Corman won't seek Congressional seat, Centre Daily Times, 1/8/2008
  10. ^ "PA Report 100" (PDF). Pennsylvania Report. Capital Growth, Inc.. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. http://www.webcitation.org/5j0zKOG5a. 
  11. ^ Pennsylvania Department of State, Election Returns, 11/2/2010

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Pennsylvania State Senate
Preceded by
J. Doyle Corman, Jr.		 Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 34th District
1999–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Members of the Pennsylvania State Senate
President of the Senate: Jim Cawley (R) • President pro tempore: Joseph Scarnati (R) • Majority Leader: Dominic Pileggi (R) • Minority Leader: Jay Costa (D)
   
  1.    Larry Farnese (D)
  2.    Tina Tartaglione (D)
  3.    Shirley Kitchen (D)
  4.    LeAnna Washington (D)
  5.    Mike Stack (D)
  6.    Tommy Tomlinson (R)
  7.    Vincent Hughes (D)
  8.    Anthony Williams (D)
  9.    Dominic Pileggi (R)
  10.    Chuck McIlhinney (R)
  1.    Judy Schwank (D)
  2.    Stewart Greenleaf (R)
  3.    Lloyd Smucker (R)
  4.    John Yudichak (D)
  5.    Jeffrey Piccola (R)
  6.    Pat Browne (R)
  7.    Daylin Leach (D)
  8.    Lisa Boscola (D)
  9.    Andy Dinniman (D)
  10.    Lisa Baker (R)
  1.    Mary Jo White (R)
  2.    John Blake (D)
  3.    Gene Yaw (R)
  4.    Bob Mensch (R)
  5.    Joseph Scarnati (R)
  6.    Ted Erickson (R)
  7.    John Gordner (R)
  8.    Mike Waugh (R)
  9.    Dave Argall (R)
  10.    John Eichelberger (R)
  1.    Pat Vance (R)
  2.    Rich Kasunic (D)
  3.    Rich Alloway (R)
  4.    Jake Corman (R)
  5.    John Wozniak (D)
  6.    Mike Brubaker (R)
  7.    John Pippy (R)
  8.    Jim Ferlo (D)
  9.    Kim Ward (R)
  10.    Jane Orie (R)
  1.    Don White (R)
  2.    Wayne Fontana (D)
  3.    Jay Costa (D)
  4.    John Rafferty (R)
  5.    Jim Brewster (D)
  6.    Tim Solobay (D)
  7.    Elder Vogel (R)
  8.    Mike Folmer (R)
  9.    Jane Earll (R)
  10.    Bob Robbins (R)