SC Democratic Party Holding Palmetto Blue Dinner and Convention

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The head of the Democratic National Committee is the keynote speaker of a South Carolina Democratic Party fundraiser. Tom Perez delivered the address at Friday night’s inaugural Blue Palmetto Dinner at the Medallion Center in Columbia.

Perez will be talking about the need to build the party and compete on all levels.
Perez was labor secretary and assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Obama administration.

The party will hold its state convention Saturday, when Democrats will elect a new chairman.
Outgoing chairman Jaime Harrison is leaving to be an associate chairman of the national committee.