Jake Corman
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.
Jake Corman | |
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| President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate | |
| In office November 12, 2020 – November 30, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Scarnati |
| Succeeded by | Kim Ward |
| Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate | |
| In office January 6, 2015 – November 12, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Dominic Pileggi |
| Succeeded by | Kim Ward |
| Member of the 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. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Kelli Lopsonzski |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Pennsylvania College of Technology Pennsylvania State University (BA) |
| Website | Official website |
He was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate 1999 to 2022, holding the same seat his father, Doyle Corman, previously held. A member of the Republican Party, he was majority leader from 2015 to 2020, and president pro tempore from 2020 to 2022. Corman represented the 34th Senate District, which includes all of Centre, Mifflin and Juniata Counties and portions of Huntingdon County, and includes State College.
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 2022 Republican nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania. He withdrew from the race on April 12, 2022, but then re-entered the same day. He dropped out again on May 12, endorsing Lou Barletta.
From May 17, 2022 to May 23, 2022, Corman served as acting lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania while Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman recovered from the implantation of a pacemaker.