43 Facts About Jimmy McMillan

James McMillan III was born on December 1,1946 and is an American political activist, perennial candidate, and Vietnam War veteran.

Jimmy McMillan is best known as the founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, a New York-based political party.

Jimmy McMillan has run for office at least six times since 1993, most notably in the 2010 New York gubernatorial election.

Jimmy McMillan declared in December 2010 that he would run in the 2012 US presidential election as a Republican.

Jimmy McMillan 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.

Jimmy McMillan attempted to run for governor again in the 2014 election but he did not make the ballot.

Jimmy 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.

Jimmy McMillan subsequently announced that he was retiring from politics before endorsing Republican candidate Donald Trump.

The Rent Is Too Damn High Party website announced that Jimmy McMillan would come out of retirement to make a fourth run for governor.

Jimmy McMillan's petitions were challenged and ruled invalid in September 2018.

Originally from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Jimmy McMillan served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.

Jimmy McMillan graduated from Barkley Private Security Investigations Academy prior to 1993.

Jimmy 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.

Jimmy McMillan was disqualified from the ballot for coming 300 petition signatures short of the 7,500 needed to qualify for the general election ballot.

Jimmy McMillan next ran for Governor of New York in 1994 by traveling from his home in Brooklyn through upstate New York to Buffalo on foot, staying in homeless shelters along the way; he had planned to walk back to Brooklyn, but an injury in Rochester led to him taking a bus home.

When he arrived in Buffalo, the site of the state Democratic convention, Jimmy McMillan disrupted a speech by incumbent Governor Mario Cuomo at the convention and was thrown out because of it.

Jimmy McMillan ran for the United States Senate in the 2000 election in New York but was removed from the ballot.

Jimmy McMillan received 13,355 votes in the 2006 gubernatorial election, coming fifth out of six candidates.

Credico had counted on Jimmy McMillan to collect 10,000 signatures to put his total at over 20,000, above the 15,000 required to get onto the ballot, but Jimmy McMillan never followed through, leaving both candidates short of the necessary signatures to force a Democratic primary against state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who was thus unopposed.

Jimmy McMillan, perceived by many as a protest vote, garnered 41,129 votes, enough to finish in fifth place out of seven, compared to winning Andrew Cuomo's 2.5 million votes and second-place Carl Paladino's 1.4 million votes.

Jimmy McMillan believes that his greatest political strengths include a mastery of social media, an ability to pinch pennies, and inimitable political vision.

Jimmy McMillan appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2011.

Jimmy McMillan appeared at Northeastern University in March 2011, through the Political Science Student Association, where he discussed key issues.

Jimmy McMillan campaigned during the Occupy Wall Street protests, criticizing the protesters for voting for the wrong person but defending the protesters' right to protest.

On November 15,2011, Jimmy McMillan held court on the 23rd floor of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority offices kibbitzing with his legal staff and media representatives.

Jimmy McMillan was the keynote speaker at Occupy Tenafly on May Day 2012.

Jimmy McMillan was not invited to any of the Republican debates and did not appear on any primary ballots.

On September 13,2012, Jimmy McMillan suspended his candidacy to run for Mayor of New York City in the 2013 election, and endorsed President Barack Obama.

Jimmy McMillan announced his fourth campaign for Mayor of New York City on September 13,2012.

On May 22,2014, Jimmy McMillan announced his intentions to again run for Governor of New York.

Subsequently, Jimmy McMillan endorsed the Libertarian Party candidate, Michael McDermott, for governor.

Jimmy McMillan ran for New York City Council in 2017 as a Republican.

Jimmy McMillan announced another run for governor in 2018, accusing then-incumbent Andrew Cuomo and the Moreland Commission of violating federal civil rights laws.

Originally from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Jimmy McMillan is single and has two adult children.

The elder Jimmy McMillan served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.

Jimmy McMillan graduated from Barkley Private Security Investigations Academy prior to 1993.

Jimmy McMillan has worked as a male stripper, has smoked marijuana in the past, and considers Deep Throat his favorite film.

Jimmy McMillan had previously told the Wall Street Journal that he pays rent of $800 a month for his apartment, but told the New York Times that he definitely did not pay rent.

Jimmy McMillan pays the rent for an apartment McMillan shares with his son in the East Village in Manhattan, which is $900 per month under current rent controls.

Jimmy McMillan was portrayed by Kenan Thompson in the Weekend Update segment of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on October 23,2010.

Thompson, as Jimmy McMillan, kept saying "the rent is too damn high" in response to most of the questions put to him.

Jimmy McMillan's tagline has been quoted by several prominent New Yorkers, including Ritchie Torres and Matthew Yglesias.

Jimmy McMillan guest starred in the music video for 'Punx Not Dead, I am' by Morning Glory.