He's been endorsed for governor by the American Mustache Institute.
Jimmy McMillan, candidate for the Rent is Too Damn High party, makes a point during the 2010 New York State Gubernatorial debate at Hoftstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. From The New York Post:
His rent isn't that damn high!
Jimmy McMillan, the candidate running for governor under the Rent Is Too Damn High Party banner, who stole the show in Monday's debate, hasn't had a rent increase in at least five years in his one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment.
The rent at his Flatbush abode has been frozen at a very reasonable $800 since 2005. That's a better deal than rent control. ...
His rapid-fire and bizarre one-liners -- including the heavily repeated slogan "the rent is too damn high!" -- drew over 100,000 hits on You Tube, thousands of e-mails of support from all over the country and scores of media interview requests yesterday.
"I got a flood of campaign contributions. PayPal, PayPal, PayPal," McMillan told The Post yesterday.
» Read the full story: Gov-election crusader has $800 rent [New York Post]
» Get to know Jimmy McMillan, the Rent Is Too Damn High party's gubernatorial candidate [syracuse.com]
» American Mustache Institute Endorses Jimmy McMillan for Governor [The Atlantic]
» Blast from the past: Jimmy McMillan stopped in Syracuse as he walked across the state for his campaign in 1994 [Syracuse Herald-American]
» Of course you can buy Rent is Too Damn high T-shirts and stickers! [CafePress]
In other state news:
» Siena Poll: Paladino sinking, loses by 37; Democrats steady [Capitol Confidential]
» Rick Lazio blames loss on upstate slant [Rochester Democrat & Chronicle]
» Former state legislator Hiram Monserrate Is Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges [The New York Times]