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Jaime Harrison selected as Biden's DNC chair

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Harrison selected as Biden’s DNC chair

The choice of the South Carolina Democrat is welcomed by many state party officials.
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President-elect Joe Biden is tapping former South Carolina Democratic Party chair Jaime Harrison to lead the Democratic National Committee, according to three people familiar with the decision, a major victory for state party heads and the powerful House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn.

Harrison, a current associate chair and senior counselor at the DNC, will be charged with leading the Democrats through the tumultuous 2022 midterms and keeping the party's warring factions together if party members formally elect him as expected this month.
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For state party officials, many of whom continue to harbor resentment over the DNC's diminishment during the Barack Obama administration, the selection of Harrison came as a relief.

About 70 state party chairs and vice chairs sent a letter to Biden's transition team in November that, while not naming him, listed a series of qualities that all "matched Jaime's resume and experience," as one of them put it.

Those party chiefs view Harrison as one of their own, a former state committee chair who will lead a decentralized DNC and advocate for plowing money into organizing at the state level — a departure, they hope, from how the party was managed under Obama.
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One of the challenges facing the party in the years ahead will be raising money without President Donald Trump in office to mobilize donors. Harrison, who unsuccessfully challenged Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) last year, has shown a knack for fundraising. During his Senate run, he brought in $131 million, a record for a candidate for the chamber.
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Ehhhhh. I'd feel much more comfortable with someone who has experience building campaigns that are successful.. like Stacey Abrams. She probably wouldn't be interested in this job though as she has much more ambitious plans I suspect.
 
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Didn't his campaign still raise a shit ton of money though?

plus, a democratic black senator in South fucking Carolina was a bit of a pipe dream no matter how trash Graham is
 
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MechaX said:
Didn't his campaign still raise a shit ton of money though?

plus, a democratic black senator in South fucking Carolina was a bit of a pipe dream no matter how trash Graham is
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This.

Jaime Harrison lost his race, but he raised a shit ton of money.

He also believes in the 50 State Strategy way of organizing the party.
 

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I think he's a great pick.

He's a fantastic fundraiser who understands how state parties work. The latter is huge, as state Democratic parties have atrophied for a decade now. He also will help repair the DNC's relationship with the Congressional Black Caucus, which was terrible under Tom Perez.

People need to understand what the DNC chair actually does. When you understand its core functions, it's easy to see Harrison doing really well in this job.
 
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