Jaime Harrison
Jaime’s story is the story of the New South.
Jaime was born in grinding poverty in South Carolina to a teenager. His grandparents brought him up in a mobile home where they could not always afford to pay the electric bills. As a young boy Jaime learned to read with comic books, and as soon as he was able to sound out the words he was helping his grandparents read their bills. He didn’t understand all the words he was saying, but he knew that too often, they simply didn’t have the money to pay them.
But Jaime fought and he would up at Yale as an undergrad. After Yale, he hit law school at Georgetown. He paid off his student loan debt through a lobbying job at the Podesta group, where his clients included the United Way. He also worked for Jim Clyburn in the House.
Jaime’s story is a uniquely American story — one that starts in unnecessary, menial poverty because of our national lack of concern with social safety nets but ends with the hero overcoming. It’s a story of want and determination and success. It is the story of a man who needs to me in the Senate.
This isn’t about left versus right, it’s about right versus wrong. — Jamie Harrison
Can Jaime Win?
Well….
Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is statistically tied with Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison, with the staunch pro-Trump incumbent seeing his favorability ratings plummet among independent voters.
Graham, who was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, is clinging to a 2-percentage point lead over Harrison, 47 to 45 percent, with nearly 10 percent of voters surveyed still remaining undecided about their 2020 vote. As the Change Research/Post and Courier newspaper poll notes, Graham performs poorly in hypothetical November election matchups as well as with voters who do not identify solely as Republicans. The statistical dead heat between Graham and Harrison, who has pulled in record fundraising in recent weeks, comes as the GOP senator has become one of President Donald Trump’s most outspoken supporters during the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
“[Senator Lindsey Graham] looks extremely vulnerable against Democratic contender Jaime Harrison,” the South Carolina pollsters noted among their key findings. “While South Carolina does not support impeaching President Trump, a majority of voters would like Senator Graham to approach the impeachment inquiry with an open mind, rather than leap to the president’s defense before hearing evidence.”
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There is one thing to know about Jaime Harrison, former chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party: Jaime Harrison wants to beat Lindsey Graham. And considering that Jaime’s entire life has been an uphill climb, I am not betting against this plucky kid. Graham is stuck to Trump. Jaime is already shockingly close to Graham in the polls.
Let's put him over the top!
Jaime could topple Trump’s lickspittle Lindsey Graham. We have a 9 months to pull it off! Let’s do it!
DKHIVE Group Guidelines
The DKHive Community group has been created by former Kamala2020 Group members to positively support efforts to re-take the Senate and keep Democratic control of the House of Representatives.
We will support candidates supported by Senator Harris as well as other candidates, especially women, POC, and down-ballot democrats in local races.
All should be made to feel welcome here. What’s not welcomed here is petty bickering over any of our preferred candidates, or personal attacks on fellow Democrats. We’re not responsible for the actions of others who may offend, insult or attempt to sow discord and disunity — that’s on them.
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We’d like to ask all group members, as well as those dropping by who support or are interested in Democratic control of the Senate and House, that we not respond to negativity from other campaigns’ supporters with even more negativity. Let’s do better than our best and respond with respect, humor or try to hold our peace.
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Our members will largely share in writing diaries, in much the same fashion as we did with the Kamala2020 group — all voices are welcome. We hope to continue with regular 2 or 3 x weekly diaries, although we will vary the publish times of the diaries throughout the week. Suggestions on this are welcome! Sign-ups will begin immediately!
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SENATE RACES: Our Cecelia S is mad as hell and she’s not going to take it any more put together an excellent roundup of the Senate seats we want back from those hosers ASAP. Start there if you’re looking for Democrats to support!
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