Vice President Kamala Harris has earned the support of a majority of delegates in the Democratic National Committee’s virtual roll call and will be the party’s nominee in November.
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DNC Chair Jaime Harrison announced “a firm commitment to nominating and electing a Democratic president” after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race today.
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The Democratic National Committee plans to nominate President Joe Biden virtually before the party convention amid the Ohio state legislature’s deadlock over a bill that would allow him to appear on the November ballot.
The Democratic National Convention, where the party usually chooses its nominee, is scheduled for Aug. 19-22. However, Ohio’s deadline for political parties to certify their nominee is 90 days before the general election, which is Aug. 7 this year.
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U.S. Senator Tim Scott made it official Monday, launching his campaign for president in the North Charleston, SC, hometown that informed his core belief: That the United States of America is “the land of opportunity, not a land of oppression.”
Joined on stage by the single mother who raised him and the wife of the mentor who entered his adolescent life at a critical time, the Republican spoke of the opportunities that made him the man — and the presidential candidate — he is today.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has set the Peach State’s 2024 party primary elections for March 12, foiling the Democratic National Committee’s plans to move Georgia’s vote toward the front of the presidential nominating line.
Raffensperger says the DNC acted “unilaterally” in its bid to make their nominating process more “diverse” by bumping predominantly white states like Iowa and New Hampshire back and pushing more “racially inclusive” states like Georgia and Michigan to the front of the primary line.
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How much money did Democrats squander on hopeless campaigns based on the foolish expectation that Joe Biden would lead a “blue wave” landslide sweeping Republicans out of office at every level? While we must wait for final vote counts to know who won the presidency — this takes time, considering that some Biden voters have been dead for more than 30 years — we can begin to tabulate the cash total Democrats threw away on other campaigns that were inarguably doomed from the outset.
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South Carolina Senate candidate Jaime Harrison suggested Wednesday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett might allow racial segregation to return, video shows.
Harrison spoke Wednesday at a Post and Courier Pints and Politics event in Columbia, South Carolina, where he discussed whether he would vote for Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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