Jim Carlin (born October 19, 1962) is an American attorney and politician serving as the
Iowa State Senator from the
3rd district since 2017.
A member of the
Republican Party
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, he won a special election against challenger Todd Wendt following the resignation of incumbent
Bill Anderson. Carlin was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the
2022 United States Senate election in Iowa.
Early life and education
Carlin was born in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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and a
Juris Doctor
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from the
Marquette University Law School
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.
Career
Carlin served in the
United States Army
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from 1983 to 1985. After moving to northwest Iowa, he founded the Carlin Law Office, where he specializes in malpractice and injury litigation. He was a member of the
Iowa House of Representatives
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in 2017, having represented the
6th district after previous incumbent
Ron Jorgensen
Ron Jorgensen (born May 17, 1957) is the Iowa State Representative from the 6th District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2011. Smith was born in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. He has a B.S. in business ...
retired. Later that year, he was elected to the
Iowa Senate
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.
Following the
2020 presidential election
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, Carlin supported unfounded conspiracy theories that Democrats stole the election. After President
Donald Trump
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refused to concede, Carlin made
claims of fraud. Carlin said, "Who believes that Joe Biden got 12 million more votes than
Barack Obama
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on his best day? I don't." In 2021, Carlin proposed that universities would catalogue the political affiliations of faculty.
In February 2021, Carlin announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the
2022 United States Senate election in Iowa. During his campaign, Carlin criticized incumbent
Chuck Grassley
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for voting to certify the 2020 election results.
Personal life
He currently resides in
Sioux City, Iowa
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with his wife Donna and their three children.
See also
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References
External links
Jim Carlinat
Iowa Legislature
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1962 births
Candidates in the 2022 United States Senate elections
Living people
University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
Marquette University Law School alumni
Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
People from Pittsfield, Massachusetts