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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jul 5, 2019, 05:56 AM Jul 2019

Touting record fundraising haul, SC Democrat's establishment endorsements pay off

WASHINGTON -- Support from the Democratic establishment is paying off for Jaime Harrison of South Carolina.

A Democratic U.S. Senate candidate looking to take out incumbent Republican Lindsey Graham, Harrison announced on Tuesday his campaign raised $1.3 million in just 33 days.

Harrison’s campaign says the fundraising haul is a record in South Carolina for a Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate, according to a look back at Democratic campaign finance reports since 1984.

Harrison has now raised a total of $1.5 million since announcing he was forming an exploratory campaign to unseat Graham. He made his exploratory bid official at the end of May.

Read more: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article232188052.html

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