South Carolina Democrats wrestle with troubles as general election approaches
COLUMBIA — Just as South Carolina Democrats planned to solidify campaign efforts for the November general election, the party instead finds itself grappling with a mounting pile of internal issues.
The top fundraiser for the state party and its marquee 2018 congressional candidate, hired in part because so few Democratic operatives have experience successfully raising money in South Carolina, has been ousted under shadowy circumstances.
The party's top-of-the-ticket gubernatorial nominee has spent the past two weeks without a campaign manager and replaced another senior staffer Thursday.
Meanwhile, some county chairs and powerful state lawmakers have been grumbling about the party's decision to abandon a high-profile congressional candidate amid revelations of a domestic violence incident from decades ago.
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