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Wed Feb 6, 2019, 05:12 PM Feb 2019

Jaime Harrison pitches South Carolina Democrats on possible US Senate run against Graham

Washington - An announcement could be imminent that a prominent S.C. Democrat plans to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2020.

Jaime Harrison — a former S.C. Democratic Party chairman who now has a leadership position with the Democratic National Committee — met with Democrats in the S.C. House and state Senate Tuesday.

The meetings were a chance for Harrison to talk about his interest in the U.S. Senate race to some of the state’s most prominent Democratic elected officials, a courtesy in advance of a formal announcement.

In a meeting Tuesday with the S.C. House Minority Caucus, Harrison spent 10 minutes behind closed doors addressing assembled lawmakers. He got a warm reception as he worked the room, hugging state representatives that he has known for years.

Read more here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article225546105.html

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