ONE-ON-ONE: USC professor highlights key races on SC ballots
He predicts Henry McMaster to win re-election and beat challenger Joe Cunningham.
Rep. Jim Clyburn, whose last-minute endorsement helped propel Joe Biden’s 2020 White House campaign, is backing a former staffer in her effort to lead South Carolina’s Democrats, as the state prepares to host the party’s opening presidential primary in 2024.
He predicts Henry McMaster to win re-election and beat challenger Joe Cunningham.
President Joe Biden often cites the critical role that South Carolina played when he won the Democratic nomination in 2020. He points to his long political ties to a state whose Black voters handed him a major victory during the primary season at a desperate time for his campaign. But now, one year into his presidency, some who supported Biden reluctantly or not at all say they’re unimpressed and even dispirited.
In addition to the income tax cuts and increase to the state’s rainy day fund, McMaster proposes investments in several industries.
In a ceremony at the Statehouse Thursday afternoon, Governor Henry McMaster signed the Fetal Heartbeat Bill into law. Senate Democrats released the following statement in reaction to the signing of a bill that bans most abortions in the state.
Democratic members of the South Carolina House have walked out of the chamber to protest a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Three candidates are vying to replace outgoing Chairman Jaime Harrison as the next leader of South Carolina’s Democratic Party. Local media outlets report Anderson native Trav Robertson has been making the rounds speaking to political groups across South Carolina. The former state deputy treasurer was Barack Obama’s South Carolina campaign manager in 2008 and ran state…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–South Carolina Democrats have some big names headed to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The State Democratic parys announced the South Carolinians will be featured speakers at the convention. They include, Congressman James Clyburn, Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, Former State Lawmakers Bakari Sellers and Current SC Democratic Party Chair Jaime Harrison. Categories: Local News, News, Politics Tags:…