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Jim Clymer
'''James N. Clymer''' is the current party chairman of the  [[United States Constitution Party]].
He grew up in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|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 highest number of votes any Constitutionalist has received. He somewhat was able to gain support from conservative, pro-life [[Republican Party (United States)|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.
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==External link==
*[http://constitutional.net/Luksik/jim_bio.html Meet Jim Clymer]

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