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