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Jaime Harrison announces Senate campaign against Lindsey Graham, with DSCC support
(tonight on Rachel Maddow)
There are two Democrats looking to challenge U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2020, but establishment heavyweights appear to have already picked their candidate to take on the South Carolina Republican.
According to an invitation obtained by McClatchy, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairwoman Catherine Cortez Masto will serve as a co-host at a fundraiser Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C., for Jaime Harrison, the former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party.
In appearing at the event for Harrison in a formal capacity, Cortez Masto will send a message that the official fundraising apparatus for Senate Democratic candidates will support Harrison in a primary over Gloria Bromell Tinubu — a candidate for Congress in 2012 and 2014 and contender for lieutenant governor in 2018 who has also said she plans to run.
Read more here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article230668359.html#storylink=cpy
According to an invitation obtained by McClatchy, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairwoman Catherine Cortez Masto will serve as a co-host at a fundraiser Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C., for Jaime Harrison, the former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party.
In appearing at the event for Harrison in a formal capacity, Cortez Masto will send a message that the official fundraising apparatus for Senate Democratic candidates will support Harrison in a primary over Gloria Bromell Tinubu — a candidate for Congress in 2012 and 2014 and contender for lieutenant governor in 2018 who has also said she plans to run.
Read more here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article230668359.html#storylink=cpy