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→Race for secretary of state, 1972
All the Arkansas Republican statewide candidates were defeated that year, including the gubernatorial nominee [[Len Blaylock]] of Perry County, [[Ken Coon]] for lieutenant governor, Edwin Ruthvin Bethune, Jr. for attorney general, and the [[veterinarian]] [[Wayne Babbitt]] for the [[United States Senate]] against the incumbent [[John McClellan]]. Nevertheless, [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] became the first member of his party since [[U.S. Grant]] to win the [[electoral vote]]s of traditionally Democratic Arkansas.
All the Arkansas Republican statewide candidates were defeated that year, including the gubernatorial nominee [[Len Blaylock]] of Perry County, [[Ken Coon]] for lieutenant governor, Edwin Ruthvin Bethune, Jr. for attorney general, and the [[veterinarian]] [[Wayne Babbitt]] for the [[United States Senate]] against the incumbent [[John McClellan]]. Nevertheless, [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] became the first member of his party since [[U.S. Grant]] to win the [[electoral vote]]s of traditionally Democratic Arkansas.
==Policy and information expert==
==Policy and information expertise==
Climer is a policy and information expert and is enlisted by governmental, media, and private-sector organizations. He frequently briefs legislators and public-policy researchers on policy options, consensus building, and leadership.
Climer is a policy and information expert and is enlisted by governmental, media, and private-sector organizations. He frequently briefs legislators and public-policy researchers on policy options, consensus building, and leadership.
After retiring and relocating in 2007 to Edenton in Chowan County in eastern [[North Carolina]], Climer established Policy Implementation Consultants and provides consulting services to public officials. He was appointed in 2009 by North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, a Democrat, to the Edenton Historical Commission, on which he served as chairman and as a member of the executive committee.
After retiring and relocating in 2007 to Edenton in Chowan County in eastern [[North Carolina]], Climer established Policy Implementation Consultants and provides consulting services to public officials. He was appointed in 2009 by North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, a Democrat, to the Edenton Historical Commission, on which he served as chairman and as a member of the executive committee.
==Two congressional institutes==
==Two congressional institutes==
The Congressional Institute, a [[nonprofit organization]] based in [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]], [[Virginia]], ranks among the top sponsors of congressional travel between January 2000 and June 2005, spending more than $830,000 on almost 1,000 trips.
The Congressional Institute, a [[nonprofit organization]] based in [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]], [[Virginia]], ranks among the top sponsors of congressional travel between January 2000 and June 2005, spending more than $830,000 on almost 1,000 trips.
In 2007, Climer announced his retirement from the Congressional Institute. He was succeeded by Mark Strand, who had been the chief of staff to former U.S. Senator [[Jim Talent]], a [[Missouri]] Republican who was defeated for a full term on November 7, 2006. Climer continued as an advisor through 2008. Together with the chairman of the institute, Mike Johnson, and his successor, Mark Strand, Climer coauthored ''Surviving Inside Congress:'' A guide for prospective, new and not-so-new Congressional staff - and a guided tour for those who just want to learn how it all works.
In 2007, Climer announced his retirement from the Congressional Institute. He was succeeded by Mark Strand, who had been the chief of staff to former U.S. Senator [[Jim Talent]], a [[Missouri]] Republican who was defeated for a full term on November 7, 2006. Climer continued as an advisor through 2008. Together with the chairman of the institute, Mike Johnson, and his successor, Mark Strand, Climer coauthored ''Surviving Inside Congress:'' A guide for prospective, new and not-so-new Congressional staff - and a guided tour for those who just want to learn how it all works.
==Retired in North Carolina==
Climer and his wife, Mary Ann Climer (born May 30, 1940), have a daughter, Greta (born 1969), son-in-law Kevin Kennedy, and granddaughters Lucy and Violet, who reside in King County, [[Washington]]. Their son, Matthew A. Climer (born March 31, 1971), lives in Amherst, [[Virginia]].
Climer and his wife, Mary Ann Climer (born May 30, 1940), have a daughter, Greta (born 1969), son-in-law Kevin Kennedy, and granddaughters Lucy and Violet, who reside in King County, [[Washington]]. Their son, Matthew A. Climer (born March 31, 1971), lives in Amherst, [[Virginia]].