Jaime Harrison
Jaime R. Harrison is an American attorney and politician who is the chair of the Democratic National Committee. He previously served as the chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party from 2013 to 2017. Harrison unsuccessfully ran against incumbent senator Lindsey Graham for the South Carolina U.S. Senate seat in the 2020 election.
Some of the key events about Jaime Harrison
- 1994Graduated from Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School as salutatorian
- 1998Earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University
- 1999Joined the staff of Congressman Jim Clyburn as his director of floor operations
- 2003Became executive director of the House Democratic Caucus
- 2008Appointed to the Democratic National Committee
- 2013Became the first African American to serve as chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party
- 2013Failed to secure the position of executive director of the South Carolina Democratic Party
- 2016Founded the Dirt Road PAC to support Democratic candidates in rural communities
- 2019Launched a campaign for the United States Senate in South Carolina
- 2020Raised a record-breaking $57 million in the third quarter of his Senate campaign
- 2020Lost the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina to incumbent Lindsey Graham
- 2021Elected as chair of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to hold this position
- 2021Faced criticism for accepting corporate PAC money despite previously pledging not to do so
- 2022Oversaw the Democratic National Committee's disappointing performance in the midterm elections
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