2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina

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2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina
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Nominee Lindsey Graham Jaime Harrison
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,369,1371,110,828
Percentage54.44%44.17%
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2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina results by congressional district.svg
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Graham:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Harrison:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     No data
U.S. senator before election

Lindsey Graham
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lindsey Graham
Republican

The 2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Senator Lindsey Graham won re-election for a fourth term and defeated Democratic nominee Jaime Harrison. Bill Bledsoe was also on the ballot, representing the Constitution Party. The primary elections were held on June 9, 2020. [1]

Despite forecasting throughout the last few months of the race showing a very close race as well as Harrison having record fundraising numbers, Graham defeated Harrison by 54.4% to 44.2% and a margin of 10.2% in the November 3, 2020 general election. Harrison slightly outperformed Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the concurrent presidential election, who lost to President Donald Trump by 11.7% in South Carolina. [2] The election coincidentally saw Graham and his Democratic opponent win approximately the same percentage points as in the 2002 senate race, in which Graham won his first term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Dwayne “Duke” Buckner, attorney and Owner of Buckner Law Firm located in Walterboro [4]
  • Michael J. LaPierre, businessman [5]
  • Joe Reynolds, Chief Engineer in the U.S. Merchant Marine [6]

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Lindsey Graham

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Governors

State officials

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Lindsey
Graham		OtherUndecided
Change Research [23] June 11–14, 20191,183 (LV)± 2.9%70%4% [b] 26%
Hypothetical polling

with Generic Republican

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Lindsey
Graham		Generic
Republican		Other
Change Research [23] June 11–14, 20191,183 (LV)± 2.9%79%19%2% [c]

Results

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Results by county:
  Graham—80–90%
  Graham—70–80%
  Graham—60–70%
  Graham—50–60%
  Graham—40–50%
Republican primary results [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lindsey Graham (incumbent) 317,512 67.69%
Republican Michael LaPierre79,93217.04%
Republican Joe Reynolds43,0299.17%
Republican Dwayne "Duke" Buckner28,5706.09%
Total votes469,043 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Jaime Harrison (D)

Former U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. senators

Former U.S. Senators

U.S. representatives

Former U.S. Representatives

Governors

Former governors

State officials

Local officials

Individuals

Organizations

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

General Election write-in candidate

Withdrawn

Constitution Party

Independents

Withdrawn

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [98] TossupOctober 29, 2020
Inside Elections [99] Tilt ROctober 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [100] Lean RNovember 2, 2020
Daily Kos [101] Lean ROctober 30, 2020
Politico [102] Lean RNovember 2, 2020
RCP [103] TossupOctober 23, 2020
DDHQ [104] Lean RNovember 3, 2020
538 [105] Likely RNovember 2, 2020
Economist [106] Lean RNovember 2, 2020

Advertisements

Jaime Harrison ran a number of ads attempting to attract conservative voters from Lindsey Graham by elevating Constitution Party candidate Bill Bledsoe as "too conservative—but in doing so, the would-be attack ad offers up right-wing voters a laundry list of things to like about him". Bledsoe endorsed Graham after withdrawing from the race, but his name remained on the ballot. He criticized the ads as fraudulent. [107]

Meanwhile, Graham ran ads attempting to brand Harrison as a diehard liberal while connecting him with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. [108]

Additional general election endorsements

Lindsey Graham (R)

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Lindsey
Graham (R)		Jaime
Harrison (D)		Other /
Undecided
0ptimus [119] October 31 – November 2, 2020817 (LV)± 3.9%51%41%7% [d]
Data For Progress [120] October 27 – November 1, 20201,121 (LV)± 2.9%49%46%5% [e]
Swayable [121] [f] October 23 – November 1, 2020416 (LV)± 7.5%46%52%2% [g]
Morning Consult [122] October 22–31, 2020904 (LV)± 3%46%44%–
Data for Progress [123] October 22–27, 20201,196 (LV)± 2.8%46%46%8% [h]
Starboard Communications [124] October 26, 2020800 (LV)–52%43%6% [i]
East Carolina University [125] October 24–25, 2020763 (LV)± 4.1%49%47%3% [j]
Morning Consult [122] October 11–20, 2020926 (LV)± 3.2%45%47%–
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D) [126] [A] October 11–16, 2020525 (LV)± 4.6%45%47%8% [k]
Siena College/NYT Upshot [127] [l] October 9–14, 2020605 (LV)± 3.5%46%40%14% [m]
Data for Progress [128] October 8–11, 2020801 (LV)± 3.5%46%47%7% [n]
Morning Consult [129] October 2–11, 2020903 (LV)± 3%48%42%–
ALG Research (D) [130] [B] September 29 – October 5, 2020711 (LV)–46%46%8% [o]
GBAO Strategies (D) [131] [C] September 24–28, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%47%48%3% [p]
Data for Progress (D) [132] September 23–28, 2020824 (LV)± 3.4%45% [q] 44%11% [r]
47% [s] 46%7% [t]
Quinnipiac University [133] September 23–27, 20201,123 (LV)± 2.9%48%48%3% [u]
YouGov [134] September 22–25, 20201,080 (LV)± 3.8%45%44%11% [v]
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D) [135] [A] September 21–24, 2020608 (LV)± 4%43%45%13% [w]
Morning Consult [136] September 11–20, 2020764 (LV)± (3% – 4%)46% [x] 45%9%
Morning Consult [129] September 8–17, 2020782 (LV) [y] ± (2% – 4%)45% [x] 46%–
Quinnipiac University [137] September 10–14, 2020969 (LV)± 3.2%48%48%3% [u]
Morning Consult [138] September 2–11, 2020~764 (LV)± (3%-4%)44%46%–
Morning Consult [138] August 23 – September 1, 2020~764 (LV)± (3%-4%)46%43%–
Morning Consult [138] August 13–22, 2020~764 (LV)± (3%-4%)45%42%–
Morning Consult [138] August 3–12, 2020~764 (LV)± (3%-4%)45%45%–
Quinnipiac University [139] July 30 – August 3, 2020914 (RV)± 3.2%44%44%12% [z]
Morning Consult [140] July 24 – August 2, 2020741 (LV)± 4.0%44% [aa] 43%12% [ab]
Morning Consult [138] July 23 – August 1, 2020~764 (LV)± (3%-4%)44%43%–
Public Policy Polling (D) [141] [D] July 30–31, 20201,117 (V)± 3.0%47%44%8% [ac]
Morning Consult [138] July 13–22, 2020~764 (LV)± (3%-4%)46%42%–
ALG Research (D) [142] [B] July 15–20, 2020591 (LV)–49%45%6% [ad]
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D) [143] [A] July 13–19, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%43%41%16% [ae]
Gravis Marketing [144] July 17, 2020604 (LV)± 4.0%48%41%10%
Civiqs/Daily Kos [145] May 23–26, 2020591 (RV)± 4.5%42%42%16% [af]
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D) [146] [A] March 3–11, 2020804 (LV)± 3.8%47%43%9%
NBC News/Marist [147] February 18–21, 20202,382 (RV)± 2.6%54%37%9%
East Carolina University [148] January 31 – February 2, 20201,756 (RV)± 2.7%51%38%11%
Change Research [149] December 6–11, 2019998 (LV)± 3.1%47%45%9%
Benchmark Research (R) [150] [E] October 15–21, 2019450 (RV)± 4.2%53%30%18%
Change Research (D) [151] [F] September 17–21, 2019809 (LV)± 3.4%50%43%7%
Change Research [152] June 11–14, 20192,312 (RV)± 2.0%52%35%13%
WPA Intelligence (R) [153] [G] March 11–13, 2019500 (LV)± 4.4%55%32%12%
Hypothetical polling

with generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Lindsey
Graham (R)		Generic
Democrat		Other /
Undecided
Change Research [152] June 11–14, 20192,312 (RV)± 2.0%51%36%12%

on whether Lindsey Graham deserves to be re-elected

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		YesNoOther /
Undecided
Change Research/Post and Courier [154] December 6–11, 2019998 (LV) [ag] ± 3.1%37%53%10%
Emerson College [155] Feb 28-Mar 2, 2019755 (RV)± 3.5%47%52%1%

with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Republican		Generic
Democrat		Other /
Undecided
Quinnipiac University [133] September 23–27, 20201,123 (LV)± 2.9%49%44%6% [ah]
Quinnipiac University [156] September 10–14, 2020969 (LV)± 3.2%52%44%5% [ai]

Fundraising

In the first quarter of 2020, Harrison outraised Graham, $7.3 million to $5.5 million, but Graham had the lead in cash on hand, with $12 million compared with Harrison's $8 million. [157]

In the third quarter of 2020, Harrison raised $57 million, the largest quarterly total by a U.S. Senate candidate ever, breaking Beto O'Rourke's record in the 2018 Texas election. [158] He has also raised the most ever by a U.S. Senate candidate, beating another of O'Rourke's records. [159]

Campaign finance reports as of December 31st, 2020
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Lindsey Graham (R)$112,292,175$102,195,708$12,491,457
Jaime Harrison (D)$132,685,669$132,350,242$335,426
Source: Federal Election Commission [160]

Debates

2020 United States senate election in South Carolina debates
 No.Date & TimeHostLocationModeratorParticipants
Key:
 P Participant.   N Non-invitee.  		 Republican Democratic
United States senator
Lindsey Graham 		Former SCDP chairman
Jaime Harrison
  1  
October 3, 2020
8:00 p.m. EDT
Judi Gatson
PP

Results

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2020 [161] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Lindsey Graham (incumbent) 1,369,137 54.44% +0.17%
Democratic Jaime Harrison 1,110,82844.17%+5.39%
Constitution Bill Bledsoe32,8451.30%N/A
Write-in 2,2940.09%-0.29%
Total votes2,515,104 100.00%
Republican hold

By county

By county
County Lindsey Graham
Republican 		Jaime Harrison
Democratic 		Bill Bledsoe
Constitution 		Write-in MarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%#%#%
Abbeville 8,02564.464,23233.991821.46110.093,79330.4712,450
Aiken 51,08059.9232,82938.511,2551.47790.0918,25121.4185,243
Allendale 83322.972,77376.45190.5220.06-1,940-53.493,627
Anderson 66,65569.3428,07529.201,3051.36980.1038,58040.1396,133
Bamberg 2,37336.634,06062.66440.6820.03-1,687-26.046,479
Barnwell 5,37852.114,80646.571281.2480.085725.5410,320
Beaufort 53,57554.6843,48944.398510.87620.0610,08610.2997,977
Berkeley 56,35853.9446,23344.251,8001.72950.0910,1259.69104,486
Calhoun 4,20150.593,97547.871231.4850.062262.728,304
Charleston 95,40143.50121,51755.412,1961.001830.08-26,116-11.91219,297
Cherokee 17,48169.247,26528.784851.92160.0610,21640.4625,247
Chester 8,24752.367,22545.872701.7180.051,0226.4915,750
Chesterfield 10,87857.637,70640.832751.46150.083,17216.8118,874
Clarendon 8,14148.678,39150.161721.03230.14-250-1.4916,727
Colleton 10,06852.188,83945.813641.89220.111,2296.3719,293
Darlington 16,45650.7215,56347.973951.22320.108932.7532,446
Dillon 6,29748.086,66350.881300.9960.05-366-2.7913,096
Dorchester 41,17853.3134,61644.821,3451.74990.136,5628.5077,238
Edgefield 7,98859.985,10438.332171.6380.062,88421.6613,317
Fairfield 4,55637.537,46361.481150.9550.04-2,907-23.9512,139
Florence 32,21749.8331,74849.116501.01360.064690.7264,651
Georgetown 20,49555.8115,86743.213400.93220.064,62812.6036,724
Greenville 149,99158.04104,98040.633,1161.213190.1245,01117.42258,406
Greenwood 19,01759.3712,50439.034661.45460.146,51320.3332,033
Hampton 3,75540.375,45958.69820.8850.05-1,704-18.329,301
Horry 116,51264.8660,53033.692,4711.381310.0755,98231.16179,644
Jasper 6,93948.137,30250.651701.1850.03-363-2.5214,416
Kershaw 20,10459.7712,90438.375811.73450.137,20021.4133,634
Lancaster 29,57259.3219,52339.167171.44370.0710,04920.1649,849
Laurens 19,48663.8710,49834.414871.60370.128,98829.4630,508
Lee 2,93934.835,42664.30700.8330.04-2,487-29.478,438
Lexington 91,94463.5550,25634.742,3491.621320.0941,68828.81144,681
Marion 5,56237.769,03461.341210.82110.07-3,472-23.5714,278
Marlboro 4,77541.666,50456.741691.47140.12-1,729-15.0811,462
McCormick 2,93351.232,74647.97410.7250.091873.275,725
Newberry 11,23960.347,09438.092771.49160.094,14522.2518,626
Oconee 29,45472.3710,57625.996331.56340.0818,87846.3940,697
Orangeburg 13,22132.0427,72067.192990.72190.05-14,499-35.1441,259
Pickens 42,50573.8714,06624.449001.56710.1228,43949.4257,542
Richland 58,89430.33133,64268.821,5090.781420.07-74,748-38.49194,187
Saluda 6,10765.773,02332.551491.6070.083,08433.219,286
Spartanburg 91,59461.6254,47536.652,3851.601970.1337,11924.97148,651
Sumter 20,52441.9227,79156.766041.23410.08-7,267-14.8448,960
Union 7,86859.445,10538.572491.88150.112,76320.8713,237
Williamsburg 5,40933.7710,49365.511070.6790.06-5,084-31.7416,018
York 80,91256.1960,73842.182,2321.551160.0820,17414.01143,998
Totals1,369,13754.441,110,82844.1732,8451.302,2940.09258,30910.272,515,104

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Graham won 6 of 7 congressional districts. [162]

DistrictGrahamHarrisonRepresentative
1st 52%46% Joe Cunningham
Nancy Mace
2nd 55%44% Joe Wilson
3rd 67%31% Jeff Duncan
4th 59%40% William Timmons
5th 56%42% Ralph Norman
6th 31%68% Jim Clyburn
7th 58%41% Tom Rice

See also

Notes

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 3 4 This poll was sponsored by Harrison's campaign
  2. 1 2 This poll's sponsor, Lindsey Must Go, is a PAC opposing Lindsey Graham.
  3. ↑ Poll sponsored by the DSCC, which has endorsed Jaime Harrison's campaign for the 2020 US Senate election in South Carolina before this poll's sampling period.
  4. ↑ This poll's sponsor, Giffords, had endorsed Harrison prior to the sampling period
  5. ↑ Poll sponsor is a Security in Strength PAC, a super PAC that supported Lindsey Graham during this poll's sampling period.
  6. ↑ Poll sponsor, Collective PAC, had endorsed Harrison prior to this poll's sampling period.
  7. ↑ Poll sponsored by Conservatives for Clean Energy

Voter samples

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Warren with 3%; Kandies with 1%; Burns, Hill, Reynolds and Wilson with 0%
  3. ↑ Would not vote with 2%
  4. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 2%; "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 6%
  5. ↑ Bledsoe (C) with 4%; "Other candidate/write-in" with 1%
  6. ↑ Archived November 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Bledsoe (C) with 2%
  8. ↑ Bledsoe (C) with 3%; "Other candidate or write-in" with 0%; Undecided with 5%
  9. ↑ Bledsoe (C) and Undecided with 3%
  10. ↑ "Refused" with 1%; Did/would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 2%
  11. ↑ Bledsoe (C) with 3%; "Other" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 5%
  12. ↑ Archived October 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Bledsoe (C) with 4%; would not vote with 2%; "Someone else" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
  14. ↑ "Write-in candidate" with 1%; Undecided with 6%
  15. ↑ Bledsoe (C) with 3%; Undecided with 5%
  16. ↑ Bledsoe (C) with 3%
  17. ↑ Standard VI response
  18. ↑ Bledsoe (C) with 2%; Undecided with 9%
  19. ↑ If the only candidates were Graham and Harrison
  20. ↑ Undecided with 7%
  21. 1 2 "Someone else" with 0%; Undecided with 3%
  22. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%; Undecided with 9%
  23. ↑ Bledsoe (C) with 5%; "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 7%
  24. 1 2 Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  25. ↑ Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
  26. ↑ Undecided with 2%; would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 9%
  27. ↑ Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size and topline numbers
  28. ↑ "Someone else" with 4%; Undecided with 8%
  29. ↑ Undecided with 8%
  30. ↑ "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 5%
  31. ↑ Dunham (L) with 4%; Bledsoe (C) with 3%; Other with 1%; Undecided with 8%
  32. ↑ "Someone else" with 10%; Undecided with 6%
  33. ↑ Likely primary voters
  34. ↑ Undecided with 6%
  35. ↑ Undecided with 5%

References

  1. ↑ Amber Phillips (September 16, 2020), "The Senate seats most likely to flip in November", Washingtonpost.com , archived from the original on September 16, 2020
  2. 1 2 Graham fends off Harrison in South Carolina Senate race, Politico , November 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Ripley, Joe (October 8, 2018). "Sen. Lindsey Graham to run for re-election in 2020, has 'zero interest' in Trump appointment". WYFF. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dwayne "Duke" Buckner". www.facebook.com.
  5. ↑ https://www.lapierreforsenate.com Archived December 12, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Michael J. Lapierre
  6. ↑ "Joe Reynolds For US Senate | Defending Our Democracy | Get Involved". Joe Reynolds For US Senate 2020. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  7. ↑ "United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Peggy Kandies". Ballotpedia.
  9. ↑ Kirby, Paul (March 27, 2018). "Mark Sloan launches campaign for US Senate challenging incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham". The Lexington Ledger. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Termination Report" (PDF). Federal Election Commission . January 29, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  11. ↑ Kropf, Schulyer (July 6, 2019). "'Make Machine Guns Great Again' says one of the SC Republicans challenging Lindsey Graham". The Post and Courier . Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  12. ↑ "David Weikle". Ballotpedia.
  13. ↑ Hadas Gold, Fox's Bolling talks of a future Senate run: One of Trump's top defenders says he yearns to challenge a sitting Republican senator, Politico (June 19, 2017).
  14. ↑ "Former Fox News Host Mulling Challenge To Lindsey Graham". FITS News. September 11, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  15. ↑ Marchant, Bristow (October 17, 2017). "Trump's 'top pastor' could launch challenge of Lindsey Graham". The State .
  16. ↑ Ecarma, Caleb (July 31, 2017). "Fox News Regular Harlan Hill Considers Senate Run Because Of One Twitter Poll". Mediaite .
  17. ↑ Marchant, Bristow (July 6, 2018). "Former SC gov candidate John Warren hints at possible Senate run against Graham". The State .
  18. ↑ "WILSON, CAREY L 1987 - Candidate overview". FEC.gov.
  19. ↑ Coleman, Justine (June 8, 2020). "Trump endorses Graham ahead of South Carolina primary". The Hill . Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  20. ↑ Axelrod, Tal (March 30, 2019). "Graham gets assist from Pence in reelection campaign kickoff". The Hill . Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 Graham, Lindsey [@LindseyGrahamSC] (June 19, 2019). "I appreciate the re-election support of all the statewide constitutional officers in South Carolina. They do a tremendous job serving the people of our state, and I am proud to call them my friends. #TeamGraham" (Tweet). Retrieved June 19, 2019– via Twitter.
  22. ↑ "South Carolina Endorsements" . Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  23. 1 2 Change Research
  24. ↑ "U.S. SENATE - REP". Secretary of State of South Carolina . Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  25. ↑ Barton, Tom (May 28, 2019). "SC Democrat Jaime Harrison launches US Senate campaign to challenge Lindsey Graham". The State. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  26. ↑ Marchant, Bristow (April 28, 2019). "Lindsey Graham gets second Democratic challenger in Senate race". The State. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  27. ↑ Glantz, Tracy (January 15, 2020). "Gloria Tinubu bows out, supports Jaime Harrison for U.S. Senate seat" . Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  28. ↑ "COMMITTEE DETAILS FOR COMMITTEE ID C00689042". docquery.fec.gov.
  29. ↑ "William Stone (South Carolina)". Ballotpedia.
  30. ↑ "Home | Justin Wooton for Senate 2020". Senate Page. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  31. ↑ "Justin Wooton". Ballotpedia.
  32. ↑ Norrell, Mandy [@MPowersNorrell] (February 21, 2019). "Thank you!!! I actually have no plans to run for US Senate, so that eliminates that concern, but what a sign of a healthy party it would be if we were to have a robust primary! I am so excited about the caliber of candidate we have in @harrisonjaime ! He will be amazing!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 30, 2019– via Twitter.
  33. ↑ "Mandy Powers Norrell Launches New Ad In Competitive South Carolina House Race". September 8, 2020.
  34. ↑ Sellers, Bakari [@Bakari_Sellers] (June 12, 2019). "Thank you! Yeah man I'm focused on raising a family right now" (Tweet). Retrieved June 30, 2019– via Twitter.
  35. ↑ "First Wave of 2020 Endorsements". August 3, 2020.
  36. ↑ Biden, Joe [@JoeBiden] (May 30, 2019). "South Carolina would be lucky to have @harrisonjaime representing them in the Senate. He has the character, intelligence, and integrity needed to serve his community well. I hope you'll #JoinJaime" (Tweet). Retrieved May 30, 2019– via Twitter.
  37. ↑ Castro, Julian [@JulianCastro] (May 29, 2019). "South Carolinians will have a fantastic candidate for Senate in @harrisonjaime. I look forward to joining you on the trail and to making history next November. #JoinJaime" (Tweet). Retrieved May 29, 2019– via Twitter.
  38. ↑ @KamalaHarris (June 10, 2019). "My friend @harrisonjaime has been an advocate for all people throughout his career and now he's running for U.S. Senate! I enjoyed seeing him this weekend and hope you'll check out his announcement video below" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  39. ↑ Booker, Cory [@CoryBooker] (May 29, 2019). "Jaime, I am so incredibly proud of you. We've known each other for more than two decades. I have admired your dedication to community, to meeting people where they are. I know your heart ... and I know you will make a great U.S. Senator. #JoinJaime" (Tweet). Retrieved May 29, 2019– via Twitter.
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