James L. "Jim" Huffman is a professor of law and the former dean

Dean (education)

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 of Lewis & Clark Law School

Lewis & Clark Law School

Lewis and Clark Law School is a private American law school located in Portland, Oregon. In the last ten years, L&C's Environmental Law program has been the highest-rated in the United States eight times....

 in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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. He was the Republican

Oregon Republican Party

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 nominee in the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Oregon

United States Senate election in Oregon, 2010

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, facing incumbent Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden is the senior U.S. Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996....

.

Early life

Huffman was born in Fort Benton, Montana

Fort Benton, Montana

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 in 1945 and grew up in Bozeman, Montana

Bozeman, Montana

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, where he graduated from Bozeman High School

Bozeman High School

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. He attended one year at Stanford University

Stanford University

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 before returning to Bozeman, where he earned a Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

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 degree from Montana State University in 1967. He earned a Masters degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University

Tufts University

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 in 1969, and a law degree from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 in 1972.

Academic career

Huffman joined the law faculty at Lewis & Clark in 1973 and served as Dean of the Law School from 1994 to 2006, when he returned to full-time teaching. Huffman teaches Constitutional law

Constitutional law

Constitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....

, jurisprudence

Jurisprudence

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, and natural resources and water law.

2010 U.S. Senate campaign

Huffman announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2010 United States Senate election

United States Senate election in Oregon, 2010

The 2010 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 2, 2010 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S...

 for the seat currently held by Democrat Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden is the senior U.S. Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996....

. In a field of seven Republicans, Huffman won 42% of the vote. In the November general election, Huffman lost to Wyden 57%–39%.

External links

• Jim Huffman for U.S. Senate official campaign site
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org