For an South Carolina Dem used to being snubbed, her quest to take on Lindsey Graham is personal
WASHINGTON -- In South Carolina, where the Democratic electorate is heavily made up of black women, one African American female candidate has a long history of being snubbed by state and national party leaders.
Even now, heading into a presidential election year on the wings of a midterm cycle that catapulted a record number of women into political positions, it’s not looking like that’s going to change.
Gloria Bromell Tinubu is currently in the midst of her fourth campaign in seven years for elected office in South Carolina — this time a bid to win the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2020.
To win that right, she has to beat Jaime Harrison, a former state party chairman who officially entered the race on Wednesday.
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