The White House confirmed Friday morning that Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Columbia today and accompany U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., as they file paperwork for President Joe Biden to appear on the state Democratic Party presidential primary ballot.
Clyburn helped to resuscitate Biden’s 2020 campaign, according to The New York Times, by endorsing him three days before his state’s primary. Biden repaid the favor by pushing the Democratic National Committee to put South Carolina at the front of the party’s presidential nominating calendar in 2024. It will be held Feb. 3.
The filing comes on the heels of a chaotic week for Biden and his team, as the beginning of the week showed Biden trailing behind his likely Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, in five of six expected battleground states. Then in Tuesday’s elections, Democrats’ spirits were raised when the party performed well in states like Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.
U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., and Marianne Williamson, the self-help author who ran in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, have already filed paperwork to appear on South Carolina’s Democratic presidential primary ballot.
In the City Paper today:
CP OPINION: Elections show need for a new voting process. “Not only will this runoff be expensive, but it will require voters to get dragged back to the polls and cause people to have to endure two more weeks of campaign advertising. What if there were a better way so that everything could be wrapped up at once?”
CP NEWS: Using hotels for domestic abuse victims gets mixed reviews. More than a year after My Sister’s House sold its protective shelter, the agency continues to house women and children fleeing domestic violence at hotels and other locations around the Lowcountry. However, domestic abuse advocates say hotels may not be the correct solution.
CP NEWS: Tecklenburg, Cogswell get runoff endorsements. Clay Middleton, who came in third Tuesday in Charleston’s six-way mayoral race, on Thursday endorsed incumbent Mayor John Tecklenburg. Challenger William Cogswell was endorsed Wednesday by fourth-place candidate Peter Shahid.
CP NEWS: Lowcountry residents are affected by forever chemicals. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control has conducted research across the state documenting high levels of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in local fish, but has not issued a PFAS meal consumption advisories — a decision which leaves many who consume the Lowcountry’s fish unaware and unprotected.
CP NEWS: Union Pier project leaders take first steps of planning process. Managers with the city of Charleston, the College of Charleston’s Joseph P. Riley Center for Livable Communities and local advocacy groups are taking the first steps to create a new community-driven plan for the S.C. State Ports Authority’s Union Pier development project.
CP NEWS: S.C. turtles have big nesting season, but threats continue. Despite predation and climate-related setbacks, an estimated 387,000 turtle hatchlings made it to the ocean this year from South Carolina beaches, an above average number compared to other years.
In other news:
Charleston officials want removable post on Ravenel Bridge. Charleston officials are asking the state Department of Transportation to install a removable post at the entrance of the pedestrian lanes at the base of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge to prevent cars from accessing the walking and biking path.
Breeze Airways to add 21st nonstop route from Charleston. Breeze Airways will launch twice-weekly flights on Monday and Friday between Charleston and Stewart International Airport near Newburgh, N.Y., about 60 miles from New York City.
Some Charleston businesses aren’t in compliance with late night laws. The city of Charleston is working to get several businesses in compliance with its late-night establishment ordinance, requiring businesses that serve alcohol past midnight to have a permit.
Wellness fair tackles disparities in Black health in the Lowcountry. The Melanated Wholistic Wellness Fair, a community-driven event focusing on holistic health and wellness, is set to take place at the North Charleston Athletic Center on Nov. 11, addressing disparities in Black health in the United States.
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