Jimmy McMillan
| Jimmy McMillan | |
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| Chairman & Leader of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party |
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Assumed office 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
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| Born |
December 1, 1946 New Smyrna Beach, Florida |
| Political party |
Republican Rent Is Too Damn High Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, NY |
| Occupation |
Political activist Perennial candidate Karate expert Pilot |
| Religion | Christian |
| Website | JimmyMcMillan.org |
James "Jimmy" McMillan III (born December 1, 1946) is an American political activist, perennial candidate, karate expert, and Vietnam War veteran, as well as a former postal worker, stripper and private investigator from Brooklyn, New York.
McMillan is best known as the founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, a New York-based political party. McMillan has run for office at least six times since 1993, most notably in the 2010 gubernatorial election. He declared in December 2010 that he would run in the 2012 U.S. presidential election as a Republican. He did not appear on the ballot in any state and suspended his campaign to return to the Rent Is Too Damn High Party and run for Mayor of New York City in the 2013 election. He attempted to run for Governor again in the 2014 election but he did not make the ballot.
McMillan announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election, but withdrew from the campaign on December 9, 2015 and announced that he was retiring from politics. He later endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump, stating that "He's the only one who is supporting my brother veterans, which is good enough for me."
McMillan's first run for political office came in 1993, when he ran for Mayor of New York on the Rent Is Too Damn High ticket. In the course of that campaign, McMillan was at one point tied to a tree and doused with gasoline; he later climbed the Brooklyn Bridge and refused to come down from it unless television stations broadcast his message. He was disqualified from the ballot for coming 300 petition signatures short of the 7,500 needed to qualify for the general election ballot.
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