Jake Corman
Jake Corman | |
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Pennsylvania Senate from the 34th district | |
In office January 7, 1999 – November 30, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Doyle Corman |
Succeeded by | Greg Rothman |
Personal details | |
Born | Jacob Doyle Corman III September 9, 1964 Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1] |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Kelli Lopsonzski |
Children | 3 |
Education | Pennsylvania College of Technology Pennsylvania State University (BA) |
Website | Official website |
Jacob Doyle Corman III (born September 9, 1964) is an American politician who served as the president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate from 2020 to 2022.[2]
He was a member of the
In the lead-up to the 2020 elections, Corman and other Republicans in the state legislature refused to implement changes that would allow Pennsylvania officials to process mail-in ballots before election day. As a result of the inaction, counting of ballots in Philadelphia took several days, leaving it unclear for days who had won the 2020 presidential election. After Joe Biden won the 2020 election and Donald Trump refused to concede while making false claims of fraud, Corman called for an audit of the election in Pennsylvania and called on Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar to resign. He supported Republican efforts to obtain a wide range of data and personal information on voters to pursue claims of fraud.
In November 2021, Corman announced he would be seeking the
From May 17, 2022 to May 23, 2022, Corman served as acting
Personal
Corman was State Director for Central Pennsylvania for United States Senator
Career
In 1998, Corman's father, 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.[4]
In 2002, Corman was re-elected with over 92% of the vote, facing only minimal opposition from a
The Pennsylvania Report named him to the 2009 "The Pennsylvania Report 100" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics and called him one of the state's "rising stars."[8]
In 2010, Corman again defeated Democrat Jon Eich for re-election garnering 69.4% of the vote.[9] In 2014 and 2016, Corman was unopposed for re-election.[10] In 2018, he again won re-election after defeating Democrat Ezra Nanes by more than 10,500 votes.[11] After the 2014 election, Corman became Senate Majority Leader.[12]
2020 elections
Prior to the 2020 election, Corman and other Republicans in the state legislature refused to implement changes that would allow Pennsylvania officials to process mail-in ballots before election day. As a result, counting of ballots in Philadelphia took several days, leaving it unclear for days who had won the 2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania.[13] On the night of the election, Corman called for the resignation of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar for allowing county boards to give voters an opportunity to "cure" their ballots if they were rejected.[14]
In January 2021, Corman and other Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate refused to seat incumbent Jim Brewster who won a close reelection against his opponent who refused to concede the race. Even though Brewster's election victory had been certified by state officials. The Republican majority then had Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman removed from presiding over the Senate and installed Corman in Fetterman's place.[15]
Even though there were no indications of fraud in the 2020 election, Corman called for a "full forensic investigation" into the 2020 election.[16] Corman supported Republican efforts to obtain a wide range of data and personal information on voters to pursue baseless claims of fraud.[17]
Gubernatorial run
In November 2021, Corman announced he would be running in the Republican primary race for Pennsylvania governor.
Acting lieutenant governor
On May 17, 2022, Governor Wolf announced that Corman would temporarily assume the duties of acting lieutenant governor while Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman had a pacemaker implanted and recovered. Corman served in this capacity until May 23, 2022.[24][25]
Political positions
In 2017, Corman sponsored Senate Bill 1, a pension reform legislation that was enacted.[26]
Corman, as well as former Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord, sued the NCAA, seeking to reverse sanctions that the athletic association imposed against Penn State after the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.[27] In a settlement, the NCAA lifted the sanctions against the university. The lawsuit initially aimed to require Penn State's $60 million fine to be spent on child abuse prevention in Pennsylvania, rather than across the U.S., but the suit later morphed to challenge the legality of the sanctions themselves.[27][28] Corman accused the NCAA of unfairly singling out Penn State[27][28] and said that the sanctions were "extremely damaging to my community";[28] the NCAA responded that Corman was seeking to politicize the NCAA's safety efforts.[27]
While Corman voted for Pennsylvania's
In 2018, Corman was the prime sponsor of an anti-hazing bill (Senate Bill 1090), which was signed into law later that year as
As part of the 2018–19 budget process, Corman identified school safety funding as a priority.[33]
In June 2019, Corman made national headlines for aggressively yelling over Democratic State Senator Katie Muth, as she read into record a letter from formerly homeless resident John Boyd, who encouraged representatives to not take away monthly General Assistance funds from him and other vulnerable citizens.[34]
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Jake Corman | 8,295 | 44.12 | |
Republican
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Connie Lucas | 6,814 | 36.24 | |
Republican
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Vicki Bumbarger Wedler | 3,694 | 19.65 | |
Total votes | 18,803 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Jake Corman | 30,129 | 52.08 | |
Democratic
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H. Scott Conklin | 27,724 | 47.92 | |
Total votes | 57,853 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Jake Corman | 57,472 | 92.56 | |
Libertarian
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Daniel W. Tuel | 4,620 | 7.44 | |
Total votes | 62,092 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Jake Corman | 13,011 | 63.70 | |
Republican
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Penny W. Staver | 7,414 | 36.30 | |
Total votes | 20,425 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Jake Corman | 43,028 | 56.04 | |
Democratic
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Jon Eich | 30,025 | 39.10 | |
Libertarian
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Thomas A. Martin | 2,140 | 2.78 | |
Independent | Robert J. Cash | 1,590 | 2.07 | |
Total votes | 76,783 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Jake Corman | 53,822 | 69.43 | |
Democratic
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Jon Eich | 23,697 | 30.57 | |
Total votes | 77,519 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican
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Jake Corman | Unopposed | |||
Total votes | 46,391 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Jake Corman | 46,259 | 52.37 | |
Democratic
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Ezra J. Nanes | 39,075 | 44.24 | |
Total votes | 88,334 | 100.00 |
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- ^ "Corman, Scarnati to lead Pa. Senate Republicans". PennLive.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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- ^ a b c d Marc Levy, Lawmaker: NCAA should fire chief over Penn State sanctions, Associated Press (February 11, 2015).
- ^ a b c Jan Murphy, Sen. Jake Corman declares victory over NCAA with repeal of its sanctions on Penn State, PennLive (January 16, 2020).
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