“We have to be strategic and responsible about what we’re doing,” former party executive director Christale Spain said at a recent meeting for Democrats. “We have to establish our battlefield.” South Carolina Democrats are stung by a string of losses:
Cristale Spain, a candidate for the South Carolina Democratic party chair, in Orangeburg, S.C. on April 1, 2023.
More than 1,600 county delegates will vote for the chair at the end of the month at the annual state Democratic convention in Columbia. The winner, who will serve a two-year term, will be tasked with rebuilding an understaffed and underfunded state party while reengaging key Democratic constituencies.
“It was almost as if we just have lost our way, lost our direction,” said state Sen. Vernon Jones, whose district covers five counties. “We don’t have the right message.” “The same people have been running our party and handpicking our party chair for 25 years,” Upson said. “And if you look at the trend line for this party over the 25 years, we’ve been losing more and more every cycle.”
Much of Spain’s stump speech focuses on her experience. She started at the state party as a volunteer and worked for the last three state chairs. In 2016, she joined Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign team. After directing Sen. Cory Booker’s South Carolina operation in 2020, she coordinated Jaime Harrison’s U.S. Senate campaign with the state party. In 2022, she directed Black engagement for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
“We have to remind ourselves that we are the people — and we have the power in our hands,” he told the group. “If somebody tells you they are a Democrat, and you look at what they’re doing and it’s all been to help Republicans, what am I supposed to believe about you?” he said.
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