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James N. Clymer was born May 4, 1948, and lives in Millersville, Pa.
Early life Clymer was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in May, 1978, and is now admitted to practice before the US District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Tax Court.
Political career In 1986 he was appointed Chairman of the Bob Smith for Senate Committee. In 1992 he would join the Libertarian Party and run as their candidate for Pennsylvania Auditor General. He also ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor in 1994 and 1998, attaining 13% and 10.5% respectively. He ran for a United States Senate seat in 2004, which gathered nearly 4% of the vote against Arlen Specter and Joe Hoeffel. Have you voted for or against Jim Clymer ? He received 214,837 votes, which may have at the time been the second highest number of votes any Constitution Party member has received, after the 460,269 votes for Peg Luksik's 1994 gubernatorial bid received. 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 more liberal, especially on social issues. He also gained the endorsement of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Clymer unlike many minor party candidates was invited to participate in the televised U.S. Senate Debate. Has changed the detail your opinion on Jim Clymer ? Clymer later ran for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Commissioner and scored 13% of the vote.
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